Reply To: get_field returning null after update

• John Huebner

• November 12, 2021 at 3:36 pm

Here is a possible fix for those using get_field() for non ACF fields. This is untested. Most of it is pulled out of the function acf_get_metadata().

add_filter('acf/load_value', 'get_meta_or_option_for_acf_get_field', 20, 3);
function get_post_meta_for_acf_get_field($value, $post_id, $field) {
  if ($value !== NULL) {
    return $value;
  }
  $decoded = acf_decode_post_id( $post_id );
  $id      = $decoded['id'];
  $type    = $decoded['type'];
  if (!$id) {
    return $value;
  }
  $name = $field['name'];
  if ($type === 'option') {
    return get_option("{$id}_{$name}", NULL);
  } else {
    $meta = get_metadata($type, $id, $name, false);
    return isset($meta[0]) ? $meta[0] : NULL;
  }
}