acf_render_field_setting() position in form

• Dave Navarro, Jr.

• August 24, 2017 at 5:18 am

I need the ability to set READ_ONLY based on user roles/capabilities.

I have the code working just fine. However, my field is rendered in the field options form just after the “required” button. And I want it rendered farther down the form (preferably before “Conditional Logic”).

I tried changing the priority for my add_action() call, but that doesn’t seem to affect things.

I am “guessing” that general/generic “acf/render_field_settings” actions are rendered before all of the individual field types are rendered. So the only way to get my item farther down the form is to create an add_action() for every single field type instead of using the “acf/render_field_settings” action.

• John Huebner

• August 24, 2017 at 5:37 am

Yes, this is true. The generic acf/render_field_settings hook is only fired at the beginning. I know that the developer at least knows about this because I’ve brought it up on github, but I do not know the status of this. I’ve worked out my own solution. I would suggest opening a support ticket https://support.advancedcustomfields.com/new-ticket/

I solve it by adding the action to every field type for now…. and this is also a little dependent on the version of ACF, 5.5.* stored the fields a bit differently. this is the relevant code from one of my plugins.

$function = 'name of function to call';
$priority = 1; // change to 20 for bottom of settings

$acf_version = acf_get_setting('version');

$sections = acf_get_field_types();

if (version_compare($acf_version, '5.5.0', '<') || 
    version_compare($acf_version, '5.6.0', '>=')) {
  foreach ($sections as $section) {
    foreach ($section as $type => $label) {
      add_action('acf/render_field_settings/type='.$type, $function, $priority);
    }
  }
} else {
  // >= 5.5.0 || < 5.6.0
  foreach ($sections as $type => $settings) {
    add_action('acf/render_field_settings/type='.$type, , $function, $priority);
  }
}

EDIT: You’ll want to do this on ‘acf/init’ or on ‘init’ with a high priority

• Dave Navarro, Jr.

• August 24, 2017 at 6:47 am

Thanks!!