Reply To: Auto populate custom field with user data

• John Huebner

• June 1, 2018 at 11:32 pm

I actually take that back on the second bit of code. Since the field does not exist yet you must use the field key

add_action('acf/save_post', 'update_name_provider_field');
function update_name_provider_field($post_id) {
  if (is_admin()) {
    // don't run in admin
    return;
  }
  if (get_post_type($post_id) != 'YOUR CUSTOM POST TYPE')) {
    // don't run if not your post type
    return;
  }
  // use the acf field key here
  update_field('field_01234567', get_current_user_id(), $post_id);
}