Reply To: update_field not working unless die() in function

• Etic

• August 22, 2014 at 1:37 am

I would rather use the acf/save_post action (and not transition_post_status) as described here: http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/acfsave_post/

This should solve your issue. If the die() is acting like this, it is because there is normally others actions taking place after the transition_post_status action, so when you script dies, you are only cancelling what is following (and what is following is putting back your data to the original posted values).