Reply To: Cheate field visible but not editable

• John Huebner

• July 27, 2020 at 12:19 am

https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/acf-prepare_field/

// replace with your field key
// or adjust hook as described in above doc
add_filter('acf/prepare_field/key=field_XYZ123', 'edit_admin_only');

function edit_admin_only($field) {
  $readonly = true;
  if ((is_user_logged_in() && current_user_can('administrator')) ||
      (is_user_logged_id() && !$field['value'])) {
    // user is logged in  and is an admin
    // or user is logged in and the field has no value
    $readonly = false;
  }
  $field['readonly'] = $readonly;
  return $field;
}