Front End Form Title Label

• frankster1234

• May 1, 2016 at 8:36 am

I am using this code for a front end form.

<?php acf_form(array(
‘post_title’ => true,
)); ?>

Can I control the label and the instruction for this field?

Thanks

• James

• May 1, 2016 at 12:58 pm

Hi @frankster1234

I believe you can do it like this:

function my_acf_prepare_field( $field ) {
	
    $field['label'] = "Changed Label";
    $field['instructions'] = "Changed Instruction";

    return $field;
    
}
add_filter('acf/prepare_field/name=_post_title', 'my_acf_prepare_field');

To learn more about this hook, please take a look at this page: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/acfprepare_field/.

Hope this helps 🙂

• frankster1234

• May 2, 2016 at 9:10 am

Thanks again for the great support!

• dano23

• December 20, 2016 at 11:45 am

Hi James — I just implemented this and it works. However, it changes the name of my Title field on all my front-end forms. I’m trying to figure out how I might apply this to just one form. Any suggestions?

• dano23

• December 21, 2016 at 6:06 am

Okay, a full night’s sleep allowed me to figure out the obvious solution:) I just used a little logic to check the page template. Although I did have to make sure to exit out if there was no change so the “Title” label showed up on other forms as usual.

 function my_acf_prepare_field( $field ) {
	
    if ( is_page_template('my-page-template.php') ) {
       $field['label'] = "Changed Label";
       $field['instructions'] = "Changed Instruction";    
    }
    
    if ( $field ) {
        return $field;   
    } else {
        exit;
    }
}
add_filter('acf/prepare_field/name=_post_title', 'my_acf_prepare_field');

• mc_gee

• August 4, 2017 at 6:40 pm

Has anyone a idea how to check the post type when using prepare field?
My form is generated in a shortcode, so using the global $post is not a option.