Hi acf-community!
I use acf_form to create posts the custom post type “tickets” from the wordpress frontend:
<?php
acf_form(array(
'post_id' => 'new_post',
'post_title' => false,
'post_content' => false,
'new_post' => array(
'post_type' => 'tickets',
'post_status' => 'publish'
),
fields' => array('field_5ba8b0c6a5116', 'field_5ba8b08c96be1'),
);
?>
I use the following filter to create a custom post title. This is working perfectly when i create a post of the cpt “tickets” in the backend but its not working when the post is created from the frontend with acf_form:
add_filter('title_save_pre','auto_generate_post_title');
function auto_generate_post_title($title) {
global $post;
if (isset($post->ID)) {
if (empty($_POST['post_title']) && 'tickets' == get_post_type($post->ID)) {
// get the current post ID number
$id = get_the_ID();
// add ID number with order strong
$title = 'ticket-'.$id;
}
}
return $title;
}
What am i doing wrong?
I’m not sure of all of the details of the title_save_pre hook. If it is firing for acf_form() saves then most likely the global $post has no value. You will also not have a way to get the post or post ID in this function since the value of the $_POST post ID will likely be new_post.
It is always best to use the acf/save_post hook when dealing with ACF, front end or back https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/acf-save_post/
You could also create your own acf/pre_save_post for the front end https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/acf-pre_save_post/
Pretty sure you can add the title to the new post like so:
<?php
acf_form(array(
'post_id' => 'new_post',
'post_title' => false,
'post_content' => false,
'new_post' => array(
'post_type' => 'tickets',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_title' => 'my title'
),
fields' => array('field_5ba8b0c6a5116', 'field_5ba8b08c96be1'),
);
?>
Seems nicer, but you don’t have access to the new post ID 🙁
