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title: Gallery shows one photo after installing ACF
description: "After you install the Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin, your property photo galleries collapse to a single photo. **Why this happens.** HomeRunner…"
url: "https://homerunner.io/docs/why-does-my-property-photo-gallery-collapse-to-a-single-photo-after-installing-t/"
updated: "2026-10-26"
category: Theme and design
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# Gallery shows one photo after installing ACF

After you install the Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin, your property photo galleries collapse to a single photo.

**Why this happens.** HomeRunner bundles its own copy of ACF Pro inside the HomeRunner plugin. When a separate ACF plugin (free or Pro) is also installed and active, WordPress loads that copy instead of the bundled one. The free version of ACF does not support the repeater fields HomeRunner uses to store a listing's photos. Every photo sync then saves the photo list in a format the gallery cannot read, so the gallery shows only one photo.

**How to fix it.**

1. Under **Plugins**, deactivate or delete the standalone Advanced Custom Fields plugin. The ACF Pro bundled with HomeRunner takes over automatically, and any field groups you built in the ACF screen continue to work.
2. Contact HomeRunner support so the affected listings can be re-synced. Photos saved while the other plugin was active need one rewrite to return to the normal format. Running **Property Sync** yourself is not sufficient on its own.
3. Do not reinstall a standalone ACF plugin. If you need ACF for your own page templates, use the **Custom Fields** screen that HomeRunner's bundled ACF Pro already provides. No separate license is needed.

Still stuck? [Contact the HomeRunner team](https://homerunner.io/contact/) with your site address and what you tried, and we take it from there.