Reply To: Edit Post Form sets comment_status OFF

• James

• August 3, 2016 at 2:35 pm

Hi @adeon

I believe you’re using ACF free version. That means that you need to use extra functions to save the post. This page should give you more idea about it: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/using-acf_form-to-create-a-new-post/?version=4.

I’m not really sure why it changes the comment status, bu you can always use the acf/save_post hook to change it back like this:

function my_acf_save_post( $post_id ) {
    
    // Only do it for the front end form
    if( is_admin() ){
        return;
    }
    
    // set the comment status
    $my_post = array(
        'ID' => $post_id,
        'comment_status' => 'open',
    );
    
    // remove action to avoid infinite loop issue
    remove_action('acf/save_post', 'my_acf_save_post', 20);
    
    // update the post
    wp_update_post( $my_post );
    
    // add the action back
    add_action('acf/save_post', 'my_acf_save_post', 20);
    
}

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

I hope this helps 🙂