Reply To: Programmatically Creating Records Containing a Repeater

• John Huebner

• March 29, 2019 at 7:00 am

Using add_post_meta() will only work with an ACF field if it is a simple type of field. This means anything listed under “Basic” field types. You should be using update_field() and using the field key to update all ACF fields, as explained here https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/update_field/ to ensure that the fields are created correctly.

Adding content to a repeater can be done the same way. Let say for example that the field key of the repeater is “field_1”, and the sub fields are “field_2” for network and “field_3” for url.

// construct an array for the repeater value
$value = array(
  // each row is a nested array
  array(
    // row 1
    // each row contains field key => value pairs for the fields
    'field_2' => 'name of network',
    'field_3' => 'url value'
  ),
  array(
    // row 2
    'field_2' => 'name of network',
    'field_3' => 'url value'
  ),
  // etc for each row
);
// update the repeater
update_field('field_1', $value, $post_id);