Reply To: Create Multiple Posts on Back End

• James

• June 17, 2016 at 10:59 am

Hi @karks88

I’ve created another way to do it by using “acf/save_post” instead of “acf/pre_save_post” for you. Here’s the front end form:

acf_form(array(
    'post_id' => 'new_post',
    'new_post' => array(
        'post_type'	=> 'post',
        'post_status'	=> 'publish'
    ),
));

And here’s the functions.php:

function my_acf_save_multiple_posts( $post_id ) {
    
    // get the repeater
    $values = get_field('new_posts', $post_id);
    
    // loop through the repeater
    foreach( $values as $value ) {
        
        // set the new post arguments
        $new_post = array(
            'post_title' => $value['post_title'],
            'post_content' => $value['post_content'],
            'post_type' => 'cpt',
        );
        
        // post it!
        $new_post_id = wp_insert_post($new_post);
        
        // add the custom fields if you have any (you need to use the field key!!!)
        update_field('field_1234567890abc', $value['post_meta_custom_fields'], $new_post_id);
        
    }
    
    // delete the unused post
    wp_delete_post($post_id);
    
}

// run after ACF saves the $_POST['acf'] data
add_action('acf/save_post', 'my_acf_save_multiple_posts', 20);

I’ve also attached the JSON export file (if you use the PRO version). If you use the free version, please examine the JSON file to see the options I’ve created instead.

I hope this helps 🙂

ACF-test-new....json