Create new field group

• theodore

• February 5, 2021 at 11:57 pm

I want o create new field group People. I am using the following code but in the back-end nothing created.

f ( function_exists( 'acf_add_local_field_group' ) ) {

		// ACF Group: People
		acf_add_local_field_group( array (
			'key'      => 'group_person_details',
			'title'    => 'Person Details',
			'location' => array (
				array (
					array (
						'param'    => 'post_type',
						'operator' => '==',
						'value'    => 'person',
					),
				),
			),
			'menu_order'            => 0,
			'position'              => 'normal',
			'style'                 => 'default',
			'label_placement'       => 'top',
			'instruction_placement' => 'label',
			'hide_on_screen'        => '',
		) );

		// First name
		acf_add_local_field( array(
			'key'          => 'field_first_name',
			'label'        => 'First Name',
			'name'         => 'first_name',
			'type'         => 'text',
			'parent'       => 'group_person_details',
			'instructions' => '',
			'required'     => 1,
		) );

		// Middle name
		acf_add_local_field( array(
			'key'          => 'field_middle_name',
			'label'        => 'Middle Name',
			'name'         => 'middle_name',
			'type'         => 'text',
			'parent'       => 'group_person_details',
			'instructions' => '',
			'required'     => 0,
		) );

		// Last name
		acf_add_local_field( array(
			'key'          => 'field_last_name',
			'label'        => 'Last Name',
			'name'         => 'last_name',
			'type'         => 'text',
			'parent'       => 'group_person_details',
			'instructions' => '',
			'required'     => 1,
		) );

		// Image
		acf_add_local_field( array(
			'key'           => 'field_image',
			'label'         => 'Image',
			'name'          => 'image',
			'type'          => 'image',
			'parent'        => 'group_person_details',
			'instructions'  => '',
			'required'      => 0,
			'return_format' => 'array',
			'preview_size'  => 'thumbnail',
			'library'       => 'all',
			'min_width'     => 0,
			'min_height'    => 0,
			'max_width'     => 0,
			'max_height'    => 0,
		) );

		// Office
		acf_add_local_field( array(
			'key'          => 'field_office',
			'label'        => 'Office',
			'name'         => 'office',
			'type'         => 'text',
			'parent'       => 'group_person_details',
			'instructions' => '',
			'required'     => 0,
		) );

		// E-mail
		acf_add_local_field( array(
			'key'          => 'field_email',
			'label'        => 'E-mail',
			'name'         => 'email',
			'type'         => 'email',
			'parent'       => 'group_person_details',
			'instructions' => '',
			'required'     => 0,
		) );

		// Office Phone
		acf_add_local_field( array(
			'key'          => 'field_phone',
			'label'        => 'Phone',
			'name'         => 'phone',
			'type'         => 'text',
			'parent'       => 'group_person_details',
			'instructions' => '',
			'required'     => 0,
		) );

		// Affiliation
		acf_add_local_field( array(
			'key'             => 'field_affiliation',
			'label'           => 'Affiliation',
			'name'            => 'affiliation',
			'type'            => 'taxonomy',
			'parent'          => 'group_person_details',
			'instructions'    => '',
			'required'        => 0,
			'taxonomy'        => 'affiliation',
			'field_type'      => 'multi_select',      // UI (checkbox, multi-select, select, radio)
			'allow_null'      => 0,             // Can select a blank value
			'load_save_terms' => 1,             // Persist using term relationships table
			'return_format'   => 'object',      // or 'object'
			'add_term'        => 0,             // Can the user add new terms?
		) );
	}
}

add_action( 'acf/init', 'register_custom_acf_fields' );

• John Huebner

• February 7, 2021 at 1:50 am

You are adding this action, but I do not see the function that is supposed to run

add_action( 'acf/init', 'register_custom_acf_fields' );

Adding an action requires a corresponding function

function register_custom_acf_fields() {
  // your code to add field group here
}

• theodore

• February 8, 2021 at 5:19 pm

Sorry my mistake, i have added the action as you wrote but the result is the same. No acf created.

• John Huebner

• February 9, 2021 at 12:09 am

Where are you adding this code?

• theodore

• February 9, 2021 at 1:11 am

In functions.php file

• John Huebner

• February 9, 2021 at 1:35 am

Given the information you’ve provided I don’t see anything that would cause the field group not to appear.

The first step is to see if your actions is actually running.

At the top of your function register_custom_acf_fields() add something like

die('the filter is running');

and see if that causes loading to die and output the string.

• theodore

• February 10, 2021 at 6:22 pm

I have added the die(‘the filter is running’); at the top of my function and is running.
Is there any other way to create dynamically fields when i call a function?

• John Huebner

• February 10, 2021 at 11:42 pm

I still do not see any reason why it’s not working. Are you sure you have the correct value for the post type in your location rules?

• theodore

• February 11, 2021 at 1:16 am

My mistake, i thought that acf will be created in custom fields group menu.

• John Huebner

• February 11, 2021 at 2:12 am

If you are running this on the acf/init hook, then I really cannot see any reason that this is not working.

Try this

if( function_exists('acf_add_local_field_group') ) {
  die('acf_add_local_field_group EXISTS');
}