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  • Hi,

    Just wondering if its possible to add the post excerpt field to a frontend form with acf_form() function?

    I’ve read the sourcecode for this function but i couldn’t find a way to filter the $fields[] array.

    Is there any way to add the excerpt field somehow?

    Thanks!

  • It doesn’t look like there is a way built into ACF, though it would be a good addition.

    It could be done, you’d need to create another fields to use for the excerpt and then create a filter, either acf/pre_save_post or acf/save_post to take the value from the field and put it into the excerpt.

    If you use the latter (acf/save_post) be careful of creating a save post infinite loop.

    
    add_action('acf/save_post', 'my_save_post_filter', 20);
    function my_save_post_filter($post_id) {
      if (get_post_type($post_id) != 'your-post-type')) {
        return;
      }
      // remove this filter to avoid infinite loop
      remove_filter('acf/save_post', 'my_save_post_filter', 20);
      
      // get your value and update post
      // see https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_update_post
      
      // put this filter back in place
      add_action('acf/save_post', 'my_save_post_filter', 20);
    }
    
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