ACF with WPML: Define _in code_ field to be for all translations.

• dotancohen

• July 5, 2016 at 7:13 pm

Consider a field group defined in a plugin:

$args = array (
‘key’ => ‘group_foobar’,
‘id’ => ‘project-fields’,
‘fields’ => $fields,
‘title’ => __(‘Project Fields’, ‘foobar’),
‘location’ => array (array (array (
‘param’ => ‘post_type’,
‘operator’ => ‘==’,
‘value’ => ‘foo’,
),),),
);

acf_add_local_field_group($args);

How might one declare that this field group is to use the same value for all WPML translations? That is, the end user sets the fields in one translation and that value is used for all translations, no matter where it was set.

I have read the following pages which ostensibly discuss the subject:
https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/multilingual-custom-fields/
https://wpml.org/documentation/theme-compatibility/setting-wpml-advanced-custom-fields/

However, those pages discuss the subject for custom fields defined using the ACF WP Admin UI. My fields are defined in code as above. I have tried defining the fields in the WP Admin UI and then examining the exported generated code, but there is nothing obviously different about the translated fields created this way.

• dotancohen

• July 6, 2016 at 8:06 pm

Just to be clear: we are using a licensed ACF Pro on this website. The license is registered to my employer, not me personally.

• James

• July 12, 2016 at 4:40 pm

Hi @dotancohen

After you set the values of the custom fields, you will see the custom fields’ name listed under the Multilingual Content Setup. From that options, you can set the custom fields to copy so it will use the master page’s values instead. Please take a look at point number 4 on this page: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/multilingual-custom-fields/.

I hope this helps 🙂

• dotancohen

• August 28, 2016 at 8:37 pm

Thank you James, I did not notice that you had replied.

Is there any way to configure this setting _in code_? The idea is that I could distribute my work as a collection of plugins and a themes, and have this option set.

Thank you.

• James

• August 30, 2016 at 3:42 pm

Hi @dotancohen

I believe you can use the Language Configuration Files. This page should give you more idea about it: https://wpml.org/documentation/support/language-configuration-files/.

Hope this helps 🙂