How to make a ACF Block default and mandatory for a specific post type

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  • Ramate

  • February 28, 2023 at 12:37 pm

  Hello All,

  So I made this new Hero Block for a site that I’m working on, and I’m trying to figure out how to make it default and always present in a specific post type – in this case, the “accommodations” post type. Basically, I want this block to show up every time I make a new post in that post type, preferably right at the top. But honestly, I have no idea if that’s even possible! I’ve tried editing the block.json file and even tinkering with the functions.php, but I haven’t gotten any results.

  Does anyone know if this is possible? Any help would be much appreciated!

  Thanks a lot

  
  {
    "name": "acf/hero",
    "title": "Ferienpark Hero",
    "description": "Hero Block",
    "style": ["file:./hero.css"],
    "category": "Ferienpark",
    "icon": "cover-image",
    "keywords": ["hero", "header", "image"],
    "supports": {
      "align": true,
      "anchor": true,
      "html": true,
      "post_types": ["accommodations"],
      "default": true
    },
  
    "acf": {
      "mode": "edit",
      "renderTemplate": "hero.php"
    }
  }
  
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  • Ramate

  • February 28, 2023 at 1:24 pm

  UPDATE:

  changed the line “post_types”: [“accommodations”], to “postTypes”: [“accommodations”], as I could find in the documentation, still no success.
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  • dansdev44

  • March 1, 2023 at 5:37 pm

  Hey @ramate

  To achieve what you’re after, my understanding is you would need to setup a block template. Check out these resources:

  • https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-templates/
  • https://www.inforest.com/adding-default-blocks-and-block-patterns-to-wordpress-post-types/

  Hope this steers you in the right direction 👍
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  • Steve Whalley

  • March 4, 2023 at 5:28 am

  @cubes 2048 Umm, I have never seen this problem before. Maybe I will refer some documents and answer @ramate later.