Add flexible content sub fields programmatically

• cyriac15

• September 7, 2022 at 2:54 pm

Hi,
I want to add flexible content sub field from front end. I need to add multiple fields to same field key. I tried it using update_field() and update_sub_field() but didn’t worked.Can someone help me with this

• John Huebner

• September 7, 2022 at 3:23 pm

are you trying to update the field’s content or add a new field?

• cyriac15

• September 7, 2022 at 3:24 pm

Hi John,
Both.I need to add and update flexible sub field content.

• John Huebner

• September 7, 2022 at 3:35 pm

Well, first the field has to exist.

You might try this https://www.mootpoint.org/blog/create-acf-field-programmatically-permanently-in-database/

once the field is created then add_row() or update_sub_field() is probably what you are looking for.

• cyriac15

• September 10, 2022 at 7:21 am

Thanks John,
That helped me a lot.
Is it possible to save multiple values for same field key from frontend. ie saving flexible content multiple sub fields for same field key.

• John Huebner

• September 10, 2022 at 10:12 am

I don’t know what you mean by

multiple values for same field key

• cyriac15

• September 10, 2022 at 10:46 am

Hi,
Please find the link.
I tried to add values to repeatedly created group multiple times with same key from frontend but that didnt worked.