Can I attach ACF form validation to any meta box?

• Mattaton

• March 17, 2015 at 1:13 am

I have a post parent metabox and I need to make sure that the user chooses a parent for this post type. I have ACF fields all over the place and I like the way ACF checks for required fields and the feedback it gives. Can I add in a metabox that isn’t created by ACF to the validation process and have it flagged the same way as ACF fields?

Thanks!
Matt

• Mattaton

• March 17, 2015 at 1:52 am

I decided to post this in the Backend Issues forum since the ACF Pro forum doesn’t get much attention. I’m not sure how to delete it from this forum though. Sorry.

• James

• April 9, 2016 at 9:21 pm

Hi @mattaton,

Thanks for the post.

The acf/validate_value filter does not accept other field types that have not been created by ACF.

I would recommend you have a look at this plugin that can help in this:http://www.formvalidator.net/