Hello,
I have a relationship field with a group and several post types, all of which share this same field. By using the below example, I was able to add bidirectional relations to saving the post.
https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/bidirectional-relationships/
However, a large portion of the posts will be imported, and thought the import plugin creates the relation between Post A and Post B, to create the association between Post B and Post A, I would have to go to either and “save” the post.
To avoid this task, I would like to create a custom bulk action that will use the same ACF example but in a bulk manner.
Bellow is the skeleton code. Can you please advise if this is possible? All my attempts in doing so have failed. The update_field always returns true, but no update occurs.
add_filter( 'bulk_actions-edit-people', 'custom_rel_update_bulk_action' );
function custom_rel_update_bulk_action( $bulk_array ) {
$bulk_array['bulk_update_rels'] = 'Update Relationships';
return $bulk_array;
}
add_filter( 'handle_bulk_actions-edit-people', 'custom_rel_update_bulk_action_handler', 10, 3 );
function custom_rel_update_bulk_action_handler( $redirect, $doaction, $object_ids ) {
// let's remove query args first
$redirect = remove_query_arg( array( 'bulk_update_rels_done' ), $redirect );
// do something for "Make Draft" bulk action
if ( $doaction == 'bulk_update_rels' ) {
foreach ( $object_ids as $post_id ) {
//https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/bidirectional-relationships/
}
// do not forget to add query args to URL because we will show notices later
$redirect = add_query_arg(
'bulk_update_rels_done', // just a parameter for URL (we will use $_GET['bulk_update_rels_done'] )
count( $object_ids ), // parameter value - how much posts have been affected
$redirect );
}
return $redirect;
}
add_action( 'admin_notices', 'bulk_update_rels_notices' );
function bulk_update_rels_notices() {
// first of all we have to make a message,
// of course it could be just "Posts updated." like this:
if ( ! empty( $_REQUEST['bulk_update_rels_done'] ) ) {
echo '<div id="message" class="updated notice is-dismissible">
<p>Posts updated.</p>
</div>';
}
}
Advanced Custom Fields PRO 5.9.1
Thank you very much
