Reply To: Set Post Author from Custom Field Value

• mywebdesigns

• April 8, 2023 at 5:57 pm

Figured it out, adding the code that worked for me in case this can help someone else.

/**
 * Use ACF custom field to set post author for Project CPT
 */
add_action( 'acf/save_post', 'project_author_save_post', 20 );

function project_author_save_post( $post_id ) {
	$project_owner = get_field( 'project_owner', $post_id );
	if($project_owner) {
	$link = get_post_meta( $project_owner->ID, 'user_link', true );
	}
	if($link) {
		wp_update_post( array( 'ID'=>$post_id, 'post_author'=>$link['ID']));
	}
}