Reply To: WP 3.9 Validation Failed disables Publish button

• Matthew McVickar

• April 25, 2014 at 4:05 am

I’ve noticed the same thing. This is a show-stopper for me, so, for the time being, I’ve put the following workaround in my functions file. It just removes the ‘disabled’ class from the ‘Publish’/’Update’ button as soon as it’s added, which allows you to click it.

// There is a bug with ACF 4.3.7 and WP 3.9 that disables the 'Save Draft'/'Publish' button if there are validation errors. This is a dirty workaround for that bug: we remove the 'disabled' class from the button every time the button gets clicked (which adds that class to prevent spurious submits).

function load_javascript_on_admin_edit_post_page() {
  global $parent_file;

  // If we're on the edit post page.
  if ($parent_file == 'post-new.php' ||
      $parent_file == 'edit.php') {
    echo "
      <script>
      jQuery('#publish').on('click', function() {
        jQuery.this.removeClass('disabled');
      });
      </script>
    ";
  }
}
add_action('in_admin_footer', 'load_javascript_on_admin_edit_post_page');