acf-pro missing on dashboard after new WP installation on empty DB

• naddk

• April 19, 2018 at 10:35 pm

Hello,

TLDR: old project files, new wordpress installation -> acf-pro missing

Context: I had created a theme with several custom fields using acf-pro, working locally. Unfortunately I was forced to format my laptop and lost my database. I only have a backup of the actual project files.

I created an empty DB and run the wordpress installation on the old files. Most plugins are there but ACF-PRO is missing from the admin dashboard. The acf-pro files are still in wp-content/themes/mytheme/includes/plugins/ directory.

Is there a way to restore the custom post types + fields I had previously? (I remember seeing changes saved in json files on git)

I’m not sure how to proceed. Thank you.