--- title: Joomla сustom fields tutorial description: Free Joomla Fields video tutorial: custom fields examples, creating fields, adding them to articles, setting up options, JFilters Free article filter and more canonical_url: https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/joomla-fields language: en-GB date: 2026-04-26T14:46:12Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/joomla-fields. markdown-tokens: 2570 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/joomla-fields. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. - Type – free website builder (content management system). - [Video tutorial](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/joomla-fields#video-tutorial "Video tutorial"). - [Joomla custom fields examples](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/joomla-fields#joomla-custom-fields-examples "Joomla custom fields examples"). Fields (com\_fields) is a free component built into Joomla designed to create custom fields that can be used in articles, contacts, other native and even some third-party extensions. ## Video tutorial - Examples – 00:02:11. - Field Groups – 00:04:03. - Fields – 00:04:17, 00:05:59. - Adding fields to articles – 00:05:06, 00:06:39. - Settings (General tab) – 00:07:18. - Settings (Options tab) – 00:09:39. - Plugins – 00:10:45. - JFilters Free article filter – 00:13:03. Better watch video with «1080p HD» quality. This and other video reviews and tutorials can be found on my [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@aleksejs-software-stories "YouTube channel"). **Links from the video:** - [Joomla 4 video tutorials](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/how-to-build-a-website-from-scratch "Joomla tutorial for beginners (part 1). How to build a website from scratch"). - [Joomla 5 and 4 template](https://demo.unitemplates.com/littles/index.php/classes "Demo.unitemplates.com"). - «[Joomla Categories video tutorial (Сom\_categories). Creation and use](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/joomla-categories-tutorial "Joomla Categories video tutorial (Сom_categories). Creation and use")». - «[Video tutorial «Joomla user management and registration»](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/joomla-user-management "Video tutorial «Joomla user management and registration»")». - [Joomla Extensions Directory](https://extensions.joomla.org/category/authoring-a-content/custom-fields/ "Custom Fields"). - «[Joomla smart search tutorial](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/joomla-smart-search "Joomla smart search tutorial")». - [JFilters Free](https://blue-coder.com/jfilters "The Filtering Solution for Joomla 4 and 5"). - «[Joomla Module video tutorial (Com modules). Creation and management](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/joomla-module-tutorial "Joomla Module video tutorial (Com modules). Creation and management")». - «[Video tutorial «Joomla template manager»](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/joomla-templates-and-styles-video-tutorial "Video tutorial «Joomla template manager»")». - «[Joomla menu video tutorial (Com menus). Creation and management](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/joomla-menu-tutorial "Joomla menu video tutorial (Com menus). Creation and management")». - [Joomla video tutorials](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms "Joomla video tutorials"). **The previously recorded video tutorials for Joomla 4 are almost completely relevant for the current version of Joomla 5.1. The information and video tutorial from this article remain relevant for Joomla 4 as well. At least this is true on May 25, 2024.** Video tutorial recording date – May 25, 2024. Software from video tutorial – Joomla 5.1.0. ## Joomla custom fields examples With the help of custom fields, you can simplify, structure and improve the information on the website. You can also supplement the information on the website with additional data. This can be done for: - [Articles](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/joomla-articles-tutorial "Joomla Com_content video tutorial. Articles options"). - [Article category](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/joomla-categories-tutorial "Joomla Categories video tutorial (Сom_categories). Creation and use"). - [Users](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/joomla-user-management "Video tutorial «Joomla user management and registration»"). - [Contacts](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/joomla-5-contacts "Video tutorial «Joomla 5 Contacts»"). - Categories of contacts. - Contact feedback forms. - Third-party extensions (if they support). For example, such support is available in [Linky Map](https://www.joomunited.com/products/linky-map "Linky Map, The Vector Maps for Joomla") and [My Maps location](https://www.joomunited.com/products/my-maps-location "My Maps Location, map location search extension for Joomla"). Fields are very good for creating catalogs. For example, household appliances, movies, vacancies and so on. They allow you to standardize the presentation of information and even allow you to filter items (articles) using the filter module. For example, JFilters. And for this there is no need to use third-party extensions such as FLEXIcontent, K2, ZOO, etc. Two new field types have been added to [Joomla 6](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/whats-new-in-joomla-6 "What's new in Joomla 6 and 5.4"). In [Joomla 6.1](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/whats-new-in-joomla-6-1 "What's new in Joomla 6.1"), new field types were added (video, audio and documents). For example, on this [Joomla 5 and 4 template](https://demo.unitemplates.com/littles/index.php/classes "Demo.unitemplates.com") demo website the content categories are supplemented with data from the fields (picture below). ![Joomla custom Fields examples](https://aleksius.com/images/joomla/joomla-fields/joomla-custom-fields-examples.png) Joomla custom Fields examples And this is what the [article page](https://demo.unitemplates.com/littles/index.php/classes/create-egg-carton "Demo.unitemplates.com") looks like (picture below). ![Information from the fields in the article](https://aleksius.com/images/joomla/joomla-fields/information-from-the-fields-in-the-article.png) Information from the fields in the article The data in the «Create Egg Carton» is information from the fields. In the admin, in the article settings, it looks like the picture below. Note that design and position of the fields depends on the styles included in the website template. ![Joomla fields](https://aleksius.com/images/joomla/joomla-fields/joomla-fields.png) Joomla fields «Skills That Children Will Learn» section was also created using fields. In the pictures below you can see the section on the website and in the admin panel. ![«Skills That Children Will Learn» section](https://aleksius.com/images/joomla/joomla-fields/skills-that-children-will-learn-section.png) «Skills That Children Will Learn» section ![Joomla сustom fields](https://aleksius.com/images/joomla/joomla-fields/joomla-сustom-fields.png) Joomla сustom fields The situation is the same with the «Frequently Questions» section. In the pictures below you can see the section on the website and in the admin panel. ![«Frequently Questions» section](https://aleksius.com/images/joomla/joomla-fields/frequently-questions-section.png) «Frequently Questions» section ![Fields](https://aleksius.com/images/joomla/joomla-fields/fields.png) Fields Also, fields will allow you to expand the standard user registration form and the contact form. In the next article, we will talk about the [Banner component built into Joomla](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms/joomla-banners "Joomla Banners video tutorial"). I hope this and other [Joomla video tutorials](https://aleksius.com/en/joomla-cms "Joomla") have helped you with this CMS. If you have any questions, ask them in the comments. 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