IngotForge Cards for ACF displays posts and ACF data as responsive cards. Version 1.6.5 retains [ingotforge_cards], existing shortcode defaults, and stored data.

Main features:

Grid, list, and accessible Swiper slider layouts.
AJAX pagination for grid and list layouts.
ACF text, textarea, date, taxonomy, post object, relationship, file, and common scalar return types.
Post type, taxonomy, meta, multiple-filter, and {today} date filtering.
The Events Calendar date, cost, venue, upcoming-event, and past-event support.
Visibility controls for images, titles, excerpts, ACF fields, taxonomy fields, dates, and document buttons.
Instance-container, card, image, typography, spacing, border, shadow, hover, and responsive-height controls.
Image-only cards and optional removal of image/title links.
Instance-scoped styles and slider controls for pages containing multiple shortcodes.
Conditional slider assets: Swiper loads only when a slider instance is rendered.
Keyboard, focus, status, reduced-motion, and error-handling improvements.
No analytics, tracking, telemetry, or external runtime asset requests.

The complete option reference and examples are available after activation under Settings > IngotForge Cards Manual and in SHORTCODE-REFERENCE.md inside the plugin package.

Examples

Responsive programme grid

[ingotforge_cards post_type="programme" fields="division,start_date" columns="3" per_page="9"]

Filtered document list

[ingotforge_cards post_type="document" layout="list" fields="description,pdf_documents_url,document_type" meta_filters="division:39175|document_type:32:LIKE" tax_filters="category:finance" per_page="6"]

Upcoming event cards

[ingotforge_cards post_type="tribe_events" fields="event_start_date,event_venue" event_display="upcoming" per_page="6"]

Responsive modern cards

[ingotforge_cards post_type="programme" fields="division" card_border_width="0" card_border_radius="18px" card_shadow="0 8px 28px rgba(15,23,42,.12)" card_hover_shadow="0 18px 44px rgba(15,23,42,.18)" card_height_desktop="440px" card_height_tablet="400px" card_height_mobile="auto"]

Accessible autoplay slider

[ingotforge_cards post_type="testimonial" layout="slider" fields="client_name,quote" slides_per_view="3" slider_autoplay="true" slider_delay="5000" slider_pause_on_hover="true" slider_pause_on_focus="true"]<h3>Developer Integration</h3>

Optional extension points:

ingotforge_acf_cards_shortcode_args filters normalized shortcode arguments.
ingotforge_acf_cards_query_args filters final WP_Query arguments.
ingotforge_acf_cards_card_html filters each rendered card before the plugin’s final allowed-HTML pass.
ingotforge_acf_cards_asset_requirements filters styles detected before shortcode rendering.
ingotforge:cards:updated fires after successful AJAX pagination.
ingotforge:cards:slider-ready fires when a slider is initialized.
Trigger ingotforge:cards:refresh after dynamically inserting slider markup.
window.IngotForgeCards.loadPage(container, page) and window.IngotForgeCards.initSliders(context) are available for controlled integrations.

All approved ingotforge PHP identifiers, options, AJAX actions, handles, CSS prefixes, and shortcode names are retained.

Privacy

The plugin does not collect analytics, track users, create remote accounts, or send site content or personal data to an external service. Its front-end JavaScript communicates only with the site’s own WordPress AJAX endpoint when AJAX pagination is used.

Third-Party Library

Swiper v11.1.14 is bundled in assets/js/swiper-bundle.min.js and assets/css/swiper-bundle.min.css.

Project: Swiper
Source for the bundled version: Swiper 11.1.14 source
License: MIT

The files are served locally. The plugin does not contact the Swiper project or a CDN at runtime.