Reply To: Starting Rows – Repeater Field

• John Huebner

• August 2, 2016 at 6:04 am

This can be done with the acf/load_value filter https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/acfload_value/.

add_filter('acf/load_value/name='your-repeater-field-name', 'your_set_repeater_default_values_function_name', 10, 3);
function your_set_repeater_default_values_function_name($value, $post_id, $field) {
  if ($value !== NULL) {
    // value will be exactly NULL if the field has never been updated
    // ie on a new post. If it is not null then you don't want to
    // overwrite what's there
    return $value;
  }
  // set new value
  $value = array(
    // a nested array for each row
    array(
      // and array item for each field
      // use field keys
      'field_1234567890abc' => 'default value',
      'field_01234567890ab' => 'default value',
      // etc...
    ),
    // another row
    array(
      // etc...
    ),
  );
}