I’m using acf_form to create posts on a page from the frontend. I’m also using acf/pre_save_post and checking a field to determine if the post should be a draft or pending status. Everything is working EXCEPT when I check the box to save the post as a draft, no title gets populated. Anyone have any ideas what I could be doing wrong? I’m using an additional field to populate the title — which works for when the status is pending, but not draft…
<?php
/**
* Template Name: Lesson Creation
*
* Page template to display the lesson creation form.
*
*/
function thad_pre_save_post( $post_id ) {
// check if this is to be a new post
if( $post_id != 'new' ) {
return $post_id;
}
// Get the Fields
$fields = get_field_objects( $post_id );
// is 'save as draft' checkbox field checked?
if (isset($_POST['acf']['field_5e679c6df913d'])) {
switch ($_POST['acf']['field_5e679c6df913d']) {
case "1":
$post_status = 'draft'; // post is correctly saved as 'draft' status
$post_title = $_POST['acf']['field_5e67ae0b70e42']; // post title field does not work
break;
case "":
$post_status = 'pending'; // post is correctly saved as 'pending' status
$post_title = $_POST['acf']['field_5e67ae0b70e42']; // post title field works
break;
}
}
// Create a new post
$post = array(
'post_status' => $post_status,
'post_title' => $post_title,
'post_type' => 'lesson',
);
// insert the post
$post_id = wp_insert_post( $post );
// return the new ID
return $post_id;
}
add_filter('acf/pre_save_post' , 'thad_pre_save_post', 10, 1 );
acf_form_head();
get_header();
require_once('template-parts/banners/banner--page.php');
?>
<section class="fullwidth-column section">
<div class="wrap">
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/wp-content/content', 'page' ); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<form id="post" class="acf-form" action="" method="post">
<?php
acf_form(array(
'form' => false,
'id' => 'new-lesson',
'post_id' => 'new',
'post_content'=> false,
'field_groups' => array(139),
));
?>
<?php
acf_form(array(
'form' => false,
'id' => 'new-lesson',
'post_id' => 'new',
'post_content'=> false,
'field_groups' => array(82),
));
?>
<?php
acf_form(array(
'form' => false,
'id' => 'new-lesson',
'post_id' => 'new',
'post_content'=> false,
'field_groups' => array(84),
));
?>
<?php
acf_form(array(
'form' => false,
'id' => 'new-lesson',
'post_id' => 'new',
'post_content'=> false,
'field_groups' => array(86),
));
?>
<div class="acf-form-submit">
<input type="submit" class="acf-button button button-primary button-large" value="Submit or Save Lesson">
<span class="acf-spinner"></span>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</section>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
