Reply To: Is it possible to have local JSON files in both theme and plugin folders

• steroyle

• October 4, 2019 at 11:18 pm

I’ve managed to get it working using your code as a starting point. This is my first try at anything plugin related so there might be a better/cleaner way to do it, or things I haven’t considered.

I have 2 ACF field groups

• group_5d9700e0b69a7 – related to my theme and saves/loads/syncs from my-theme/acf-json folder
• group_5d921d2978e9e – related to my plugin and saves/loads/syncs from my-plugin/acf-json folder

/********************************/
// Save and load plugin specific ACF field groups via the /acf-json folder.
/********************************/

// Save
function my_plugin_update_field_group($group) {
  // list of field groups that should be saved to my-plugin/acf-json
  $groups = array('group_5d921d2978e9e');

  if (in_array($group['key'], $groups)) {
    add_filter('acf/settings/save_json', function() {
      return dirname(__FILE__) . '/acf-json';
    });
  }
}
add_action('acf/update_field_group', 'my_plugin_update_field_group', 1, 1);

// Load - includes the /acf-json folder in this plugin to the places to look for ACF Local JSON files
add_filter('acf/settings/load_json', function($paths) {
  $paths[] = dirname(__FILE__) . '/acf-json';
  return $paths;
});