diff --git a/src/Admin/Admin.php b/src/Admin/Admin.php
index ff7485c..12d3d40 100644
--- a/src/Admin/Admin.php
+++ b/src/Admin/Admin.php
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ public function handle_save_source(): void {
 			$categories = $this->infer_categories_from_feed_url( $url );
 		}
 
+		$post_type = sanitize_key( wp_unslash( $_POST['post_type'] ?? '' ) );
+
 		$settings = [
 			'interval_minutes' => $interval,
 			'categories'       => $categories,
@@ -413,11 +415,14 @@ public function handle_save_source(): void {
 			'include_keywords' => $include,
 			'exclude_keywords' => $exclude,
 			'article_length'   => $length,
+			'post_type'        => $post_type,
 		];
 
 		if ( sanitize_key( wp_unslash( $_POST['source_type'] ?? 'rss' ) ) === 'scrape' ) {
 			$settings = array_merge( $settings, $this->scrape_settings_from_post() );
-			\AggregateIt\Source\ScraperPostTypes::remember( (string) $settings['post_type'] );
+		}
+		if ( $post_type !== '' ) {
+			\AggregateIt\Source\ScraperPostTypes::remember( $post_type );
 		}
 
 		$repo = $this->plugin->sources();
@@ -490,7 +495,6 @@ private function scrape_settings_from_post(): array {
 
 		return [
 			'source_type' => 'scrape',
-			'post_type'   => sanitize_key( wp_unslash( $_POST['post_type'] ?? '' ) ),
 			'processing'  => in_array( $processing, [ 'passthrough', 'rewrite' ], true ) ? $processing : 'passthrough',
 			'scrape'      => [
 				'discovery'      => [
diff --git a/src/Admin/views/sources.php b/src/Admin/views/sources.php
index 469514b..ec07904 100644
--- a/src/Admin/views/sources.php
+++ b/src/Admin/views/sources.php
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 						value="<?php echo esc_attr( $editing->url ?? '' ); ?>" placeholder="https://example.com/feed"></td>
 				</tr>
 
-				<tr class="ai-scrape-row">
+				<tr>
 					<th><label for="ai-post-type"><?php esc_html_e( 'Save items as (post type)', 'aggregate-it' ); ?></label></th>
 					<td>
 						<input name="post_type" id="ai-post-type" type="text" class="regular-text" list="ai-post-types"
diff --git a/src/Maintenance/GlobalRulesRefresher.php b/src/Maintenance/GlobalRulesRefresher.php
index 8c36183..f578c33 100644
--- a/src/Maintenance/GlobalRulesRefresher.php
+++ b/src/Maintenance/GlobalRulesRefresher.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace AggregateIt\Maintenance;
 
+use AggregateIt\Publish\Meta;
 use AggregateIt\Publish\Rules;
 use AggregateIt\Settings;
 use AggregateIt\Source\SourceRepository;
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ public function apply_type( string $type, array $rules, int $now ): void {
 					if ( isset( $owned[ $key ] ) ) {
 						continue;
 					}
-					update_post_meta( (int) $id, $key, $value );
+					Meta::write( (int) $id, $key, $value );
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/Maintenance/RulesRefresher.php b/src/Maintenance/RulesRefresher.php
index b9c246b..9db8071 100644
--- a/src/Maintenance/RulesRefresher.php
+++ b/src/Maintenance/RulesRefresher.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace AggregateIt\Maintenance;
 
+use AggregateIt\Publish\Meta;
 use AggregateIt\Publish\Rules;
 use AggregateIt\Source\SourceRepository;
 use AggregateIt\Support\Json;
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public function run(): void {
 				}
 
 				foreach ( Rules::apply( $values, $rules[ $sid ], $now ) as $key => $value ) {
-					update_post_meta( $id, sanitize_key( (string) $key ), $value );
+					Meta::write( (int) $id, sanitize_key( (string) $key ), $value );
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/Publish/Meta.php b/src/Publish/Meta.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ab99d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Publish/Meta.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace AggregateIt\Publish;
+
+defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || exit;
+
+/**
+ * Writes a derived/mapped value to a post field. When ACF is active it uses update_field so
+ * the value lands in the matching ACF field with its field-key reference (so the ACF editor
+ * shows it and date/select fields format correctly); otherwise it falls back to post meta.
+ */
+final class Meta {
+
+	public static function write( int $post_id, string $key, $value ): void {
+		if ( function_exists( 'update_field' ) ) {
+			update_field( $key, $value, $post_id );
+			return;
+		}
+		update_post_meta( $post_id, $key, $value );
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Publish/PostFactory.php b/src/Publish/PostFactory.php
index b162d6b..aba8a21 100644
--- a/src/Publish/PostFactory.php
+++ b/src/Publish/PostFactory.php
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ public function create( int $cluster_id, Item $item, array $structured, string $
 		$slug  = (string) ( $structured['slug'] ?? '' );
 		$slug  = $this->slugs->generate( $slug !== '' ? $slug : $keyword, $title );
 
-		$source = $item->source_id ? $this->sources->get( $item->source_id ) : null;
-		$status = $source ? $source->publish_status( $this->settings->publish_status() ) : $this->settings->publish_status();
+		$source    = $item->source_id ? $this->sources->get( $item->source_id ) : null;
+		$status    = $source ? $source->publish_status( $this->settings->publish_status() ) : $this->settings->publish_status();
+		$post_type = $source && $source->post_type_connection() !== '' ? $source->post_type_connection() : $this->settings->target_post_type();
 
 		$post_id = wp_insert_post(
 			[
-				'post_type'    => $this->settings->target_post_type(),
+				'post_type'    => $post_type,
 				'post_status'  => $status,
 				'post_title'   => $title,
 				'post_name'    => $slug,
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ public function create( int $cluster_id, Item $item, array $structured, string $
 		update_post_meta( $post_id, '_ai_schema_type', $item->flags['schema_type'] ?? 'Article' );
 		update_post_meta( $post_id, '_ai_prompt_version', AGGREGATE_IT_VERSION );
 
-		$this->assign_terms( (int) $post_id, $item->source_id, (string) ( $structured['category'] ?? '' ) );
+		$this->assign_terms( (int) $post_id, $post_type, $item->source_id, (string) ( $structured['category'] ?? '' ) );
 
 		return (int) $post_id;
 	}
@@ -62,9 +63,9 @@ public function create( int $cluster_id, Item $item, array $structured, string $
 	 * Categorize by the AI's per-article topic (created on first use), falling back to the
 	 * feed's configured categories when the AI gives nothing. Tags come from the feed.
 	 */
-	private function assign_terms( int $post_id, int $source_id, string $ai_category ): void {
+	private function assign_terms( int $post_id, string $post_type, int $source_id, string $ai_category ): void {
 		$source = $source_id ? $this->sources->get( $source_id ) : null;
-		$taxes  = get_object_taxonomies( $this->settings->target_post_type() );
+		$taxes  = get_object_taxonomies( $post_type );
 
 		if ( in_array( 'category', $taxes, true ) ) {
 			$ids = [];
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ public function create_mapped( Item $item ): int {
 		update_post_meta( $post_id, '_ai_prompt_version', AGGREGATE_IT_VERSION );
 
 		foreach ( $mapped['meta'] as $key => $value ) {
-			update_post_meta( $post_id, sanitize_key( (string) $key ), $value );
+			Meta::write( $post_id, sanitize_key( (string) $key ), $value );
 		}
 		foreach ( $mapped['terms'] as $taxonomy => $names ) {
 			if ( taxonomy_exists( (string) $taxonomy ) ) {
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ public function create_mapped( Item $item ): int {
 		$rules = $source ? $source->rules() : [];
 		if ( $rules ) {
 			foreach ( Rules::apply( $values, $rules, time() ) as $key => $value ) {
-				update_post_meta( $post_id, sanitize_key( (string) $key ), $value );
+				Meta::write( $post_id, sanitize_key( (string) $key ), $value );
 			}
 			update_post_meta( $post_id, '_ai_rule_values', wp_json_encode( $values ) );
 			update_post_meta( $post_id, '_ai_source_id', (int) $item->source_id );