I am planning on using ACF as the core framework for my own custom theme to be used on multiple websites.
In my parent theme, I want to load through a selection of custom field groups whenever this parent theme is installed. Ideally, I would also like these fields to be non-destructible, meaning that a client is unable to delete these from within ACF itself, and would need to manually edit the parent theme folder in order to do so.
I have already utilised the following code to change the default location of the acf-json folder from my child theme to my parent theme:
function my_acf_json_save_point($path) {
// Update the path to the 'acf-json' folder in your parent theme
$path = get_template_directory() . '/acf-json';
return $path;
}
add_filter('acf/settings/save_json', 'my_acf_json_save_point');
function my_acf_json_load_point($paths) {
// Remove the default 'acf-json' folder path
unset($paths[0]);
// Add the path to the 'acf-json' folder in your parent theme
$paths[] = get_template_directory() . '/acf-json';
return $paths;
}
add_filter('acf/settings/load_json', 'my_acf_json_load_point');
My concern is that by taking this approach, all new custom field groups will now be automatically created in the parent theme folder, and if I were to create a bunch of site-specific fields groups for each individual website, then I worry that these would be overwritten as soon as a parent theme update is pulled through, deleting all any new custom fields groups.
Is there an obvious way to easily achieve the functionality I am after?
Thank you in advance!
