Flexible Content – Set Default Layout ?

• shamsazrin

• March 19, 2016 at 8:23 am

Hi…

Regarding the flexible content field, I already set the layout’s types I need.

But, the problem is, everytime I create new post, I must ‘Add Layout’ one by one from start to make layout. I wonder can I set default layout for a certain Custom Post Type?

So I don’t need to set the layout from start everytime I create a new post.

• shamsazrin

• March 19, 2016 at 9:00 am

ok just got the answer here…

http://support.advancedcustomfields.com/forums/topic/flexible-content-appear-automatically/

solved the problem, but I cannot set the default value…why?

for example…. (see my COMMENT in the code)

add_filter('acf/load_value/name=flexible', 'add_starting_repeater', 10, 3);
  function  add_starting_repeater($value, $post_id, $field) {
    if ($value !== NULL) {
      // $value will only be NULL on a new post
      return $value;
    }
    // add default layouts
    $value = array(
      array(
        'acf_fc_layout' => 'layout_1' 
        'contents' => 'the content here' // this is the text field, but the value doesnt show up in new post as Default value.. why?
      ),
      array(
        'acf_fc_layout' => 'layout_1'
        'contents' => 'the content here' // this is the text field, but the value doesnt show up in new post as Default value.. why?
      )
    );
    return $value;
  }

• RNR GFX

• November 25, 2019 at 11:54 pm

Just stumbled upon this searching for similar solution.
You need to use the field key as reference, not the name, so it should be:

add_filter('acf/load_value/name=flexible', 'add_starting_repeater', 10, 3);
  function  add_starting_repeater($value, $post_id, $field) {
    if ($value !== NULL) {
      // $value will only be NULL on a new post
      return $value;
    }
    // add default layouts
    $value = array(
      array(
        'acf_fc_layout' => 'layout_1' 
        'field_key_XXX' => 'the content here' 
      ),
      array(
        'acf_fc_layout' => 'layout_1'
        'field_key_XXX' => 'the content here' 
      )
    );
    return $value;
  }