I’ve set my gallery field to NOT use the wordpress media library for upload, so it is a simple file upload. However, once the user selects a photo, the thumbnail appears and they can click on it to edit the photo name, alt tag, description, etc.
How can I disable the ability for a user to edit these fields? When they click the thumbnail, I want nothing to happen.
Thanks in advance.
What do you mean by this
I’ve set my gallery field to NOT use the wordpress media library for upload
Do you mean Library - Uploaded to Post
All images added to a gallery are uploaded to the media library. This just limits the selection to images that have been uploaded while editing a post.
Anyway, no, it is not possible to disable this without altering ACF JavaScriot code
I had a lot of headaches because of editing photos in the way I like…
If you’re handling uploads outside the WordPress media library, you can try using CSS or JavaScript to disable the edit functionality. A simple CSS trick would be:
.your-thumbnail-class { pointer-events: none; }
This will prevent clicks on the thumbnail. If it’s handled via JavaScript, you might need to override the click event. Let me know if you need help tweaking it!
