Gallery Field returns empty Array

• ybdigital

• July 11, 2017 at 7:53 pm

Hello,

I’m using the last ACF Pro version and I am having problems with the Gallery field.
It returns an empty array..

I am trying to use it in an option page as well as in a custom post type and either way it returns the same result.

Thanks

• John Huebner

• July 12, 2017 at 7:51 am

What code are you using to display the gallery field?

• ybdigital

• July 12, 2017 at 6:01 pm

I’m using this

$gallery = get_field('test_gallery', $post_id);
echo '<pre>';
	var_dump( $gallery );
echo '</pre>';

and this for the one in the option page:

$gallery_option = get_field('test_gallery_option', 'option');
echo '<pre>';
	var_dump( $gallery_option );
echo '</pre>';

In both cases the result is the following:
array(0) {
}

I tired recreating another gallery field and it is not working. I have other field types that work without any problem.

Thank you

• ybdigital

• July 12, 2017 at 6:22 pm

I just checked my theme and this function is breaking the gallery functionality

add_action('pre_get_posts','allow_pending_posts_wpse_103938');
function allow_pending_posts_wpse_103938($qry) {
	if (!is_admin() && current_user_can('upload_files')) {
		$qry->set('post_status', array('publish','pending','draft'));
	}
}

It basically adds post that are pending to the post archive.
Does anyone now why it is breaking the ACF gallery?

Thanks

• John Huebner

• July 12, 2017 at 9:58 pm

Your filter is basically altering every front end query for all logged in users that can upload files. You need to be more specific about what queries to alter.

This will get you started

add_action('pre_get_posts','allow_pending_posts_wpse_103938');
function allow_pending_posts_wpse_103938($qry) {
	if (!is_admin() && current_user_can('upload_files') &&
            $qry->is_main_query()) {
		$qry->set('post_status', array('publish','pending','draft'));
	}
}

• ybdigital

• July 12, 2017 at 10:06 pm

Thank you for your help.

It now makes sense.

😀