ACF in a widget

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  • sirblogalot

  • October 8, 2013 at 2:53 pm

  Hi all.

  I’m using ACF to attach a url to a post. From there I am trying to use it in a loop that is within a widget in a drop down in my navigation.

  I have turned on php execution through widget areas.

  The loop I have works perfectly when not executed through a widget, but when I do use a widget the URL does not get added where it’s needed.

  Any ideas on making the custom fields come through into a loop inside of a widget??

  Thanks
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  • Elliot

  • October 9, 2013 at 9:46 am

  Hi @sirblogalot
  It is most likely an issue with scope.

  When you use get_field or the_field in the normal page template, they have access to the global $post object and can find the correct $post_id to load data from.

  Within a widget, however, the functions may not be able to find this global $post object. Perhaps you could do some testing in your code to see if this object can be found and if it’s ID is the correct value.

  good luck

  Thanks
  E