Custom field on post not accessible on archive page?

• chiperific

• August 27, 2021 at 4:40 pm

My problem seems similar to this post, but the solution is not working.

I have posts with custom post types (either “volunteer” or “fundraising”)

I created a custom field for posts of these types:
* Label: ‘Visible on index page?’
* Name: ‘visible_on_index’
* Type: True/False
* Default: True

My goal is to filter the archive-volunteer.php and archive-fundraising.php pages so that they only show posts where ‘visible_on_index’ is True.

I know I need to be inside the loop, and I am. I have successfully gotten the post ID and saved it to a variable. But still the field isn’t showing up. I’ve tried:

• get_field('visible_on_index', $my_id);
• get_post_field('visible_on_index', $my_id);
• get_post_meta('visible_on_index', $my_id);

… and anything else I can think of.

So, I turned to get_fields($my_id) to see what is available, and sure enough, ‘visible_on_index’ isn’t there, but other ACF fields are.

I’ve included some screenshots. All advice is welcome!

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• vipstephan

• August 30, 2021 at 5:50 am

Have you added the field afterwards? Have you re-saved the posts then? Are the other fields coming from a different field group or are they in the same group?

• chiperific

• August 30, 2021 at 2:11 pm

Have you added the field afterwards?
No, field was added before I started trying to use it on the archive page.

Have you re-saved the posts then?
Yes, I can see the field on the Admin side when I edit a post (and on the index view since I’m also using the ACF QuickEdit fields plugin).

Are the other fields coming from a different field group or are they in the same group?
They are in a different group. I tried creating the field in a group that *does* appear using get_fields(), but no change. I checked settings between this group (that doesn’t appear) and a group that does appear and all settings are the same.

• chiperific

• August 30, 2021 at 4:15 pm

Ok, I don’t know why, but it’s working as expected now.

It must have been a cache issue, but I swear I was clearing the cache regularly.

For the sake of closure, here’s the code that worked (once the field was accessible):

<section class="center-align stories" id="stories">
  <div class="wrap cf">
    <div class="row">
      <?php
        if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
          $my_id = get_the_ID();
      ?>
        <?php // Only show posts where 'visibile_on_index' is not 0 (either 1 or unset)
          if (get_post_field('visible_on_index', $my_id) != 0) { ?>
          <div class="fourth <?php foreach(get_the_category() as $cat){ echo ' '.$cat->slug; }?>">
            <div class="inner">
              <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="img-holder" style="background-image: url(<?php the_post_thumbnail_url('full'); ?>)"></a>
              <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
                <h4><?php the_title(); ?></h4>
              </a>
              <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
            </div>
          </div>
        <?php }; ?>
      <?php endwhile; ?>
      <?php bones_page_navi(); ?>
      <?php endif; ?>
    </div>
  </div>
</section>