acf_add_local_field_group: fields dont appear in Gutenberg block

• sschat

• September 23, 2020 at 10:37 pm

hi!
I want to build a custom plugin that will both

– register new ACF fields (via acf_add_local_field_group() )
– register new Gutenblocks (via acf_register_block() )

The gutenberg block does render oke. (i see the header line)
But in “edit” mode for some reason the new fields dont appear in the new registered blocks.

Is it even possible? or i missed something here?

Some testcode here:

if ( function_exists( 'acf_add_local_field_group' ) ):

    add_action( 'acf/init', 'my_acf_add_local_field_groups' );
    function my_acf_add_local_field_groups() {

        acf_add_local_field_group( array(
            'key'                   => 'group_1',
            'title'                 => 'Block: Podcast',
            'fields'                => array(
                array(
                    'key'               => 'field_1',
                    'label'             => 'Testblock field',
                    'name'              => 'testblock_field',
                    'type'              => 'text',
                    'instructions'      => '',
                    'required'          => 0,
                    'conditional_logic' => 0,
                    'wrapper'           => array(
                        'width' => '',
                        'class' => '',
                        'id'    => '',
                    ),
                    'default_value'     => '',
                    'placeholder'       => '',
                ),
            ),
            'location'              => array(
                array(
                    array(
                        'param'    => 'block',
                        'operator' => '==',
                        'value'    => 'acf/test_block',
                    ),
                ),
            ),
            'menu_order'            => 0,
            'position'              => 'normal',
            'style'                 => 'default',
            'label_placement'       => 'top',
            'instruction_placement' => 'label',
            'hide_on_screen'        => '',
            'active'                => true,
            'description'           => '',
            'metabox_title'         => '',
        ) );
    }

    add_action( 'acf/init', 'my_register_blocks' );
    function my_register_blocks() {

        // check function exists
        if ( function_exists( 'acf_register_block' ) ) {
            // register a testimonial block
            acf_register_block( array(
                'name'            => 'test_block',
                'title'           => __( 'ACF TEST block plugin' ),
                'description'     => __( 'A test block.' ),
                'render_callback' => 'my_acf_block_render_callback',
                'category'        => 'formatting',
                'icon'            => 'admin-comments',
                'mode'            => 'auto',
                'keywords'        => []
            ) );
        }
    }

endif;

function my_acf_block_render_callback( $block, $content = '', $is_preview = false ) {
    /* print_r($block);
    print_r($content); */
    $headlinegt = get_field( 'podcast_link' );
    ?>
    <section class="tp-text-onecolumn-gutenberg">
        <div class="container">
            <div class="row">
                <div class="col-12">
                    <div class="headline-container">
                        <h2 class="headline">Testing header></h2>
                        <h2 class="headline"><?php echo $headlinegt; ?></h2>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </section>

    <?php
}

• vtrmrx

• February 25, 2022 at 3:30 am

Same issue here! I can register fields via ACF plugin UI, but not via acf_add_local_field_group function.

• fdrv

• June 15, 2022 at 9:29 pm

Doesnt work for me also.

• fdrv

• June 15, 2022 at 10:08 pm

I found a bug and fix it.
YOu are not able to use underscore in block name when you set locations for acf_add_local_field_group

Instead just replace all underscore with simple score and it will work.

acf_register_block( [
‘name’ => ‘test_any’,
‘title’ => ‘Test’,
‘render_callback’ => function() {
?>
<h2>123</h2>
<?php
}
] );

acf_add_local_field_group(array(
‘key’ => ‘block_test’,
‘title’ => ‘Block Test’,
‘active’ => 1,
‘fields’ => array (
array (
‘key’ => ‘field_1’,
‘label’ => ‘Sub Title’,
‘name’ => ‘sub_title’,
‘type’ => ‘text’,
)
),
‘location’ => array (
array (
array (
‘param’ => ‘block’,
‘operator’ => ‘==’,
‘value’ => ‘acf/test-any’,
),
),
),
));