Advanced Custom Fields Pro 6.2.9

* Enhancement - The Select2 escapeMarkup function can now be overridden when initializing a custom Select2
* Fix - “Hide on Screen” settings are now correctly applied when using conditionally loaded field groups
* Fix - Field names are no longer converted to lowercase when editing the name
* Fix - Field group titles will no longer convert HTML entities into their encoded form

* New - Support for the Block Bindings API in WordPress 6.5 with a new `acf/field` source. For more information on how to use this, please read [the release blog post](https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-6-2-8)
* New - Support for performance improvements for translations in WordPress 6.5
* Enhancement - A new JS filter, `select2_escape_markup` now allows fields to customize select2's HTML escaping behavior
* Fix - Options pages can no longer set to have a parent of themselves
* Fix - ACF PRO license activations on multisite subsite installs will now use the correct site URL
* Fix - ACF PRO installed on multisite installs will no longer try to check for updates resulting in 404 errors when the updates page is not visible
* Fix - ACF JSON no longer produces warnings on Windows servers when no ACF JSON folder is found
* Fix - Field and layout names can now contain valid non-ASCII characters
* Other - ACF PRO now requires a valid license to be activated in order to use PRO features. [Learn more](https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/license-activations/)

* Security Fix - `the_field` now escapes potentially unsafe HTML as notified since ACF 6.2.5. For full information, please read [the release blog post](https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/acf-6-2-7-security-release/)
* Security Fix - Field and Layout names are now enforced to alphanumeric characters, resolving a potential XSS issue
* Security Fix - The default render template for select2 fields no longer allows HTML to be rendered resolving a potential XSS issue
* Security Enhancement - A `acf/shortcode/prevent_access` filter is now available to limit what data the ACF shortcode is allowed to access
* Security Enhancement - i18n translated strings are now escaped on output
* Enhancement - ACF now universally uses WordPress file system functions rather than native PHP functions