Generating fields via PHP within plugin

• habsi70

• January 9, 2018 at 9:14 pm

I generated fields for my custom post type plugin. They showed as expected in the cpt. Now I want the fields to register for my post type when I activate the plugin.

I exported my fields to php and added them in my plugin. I then deleted the fields from the admin menu. When activating the plugin the function is successfully called. But when I open my cpt post, the fields do not show.

I know they are not showing in the ACF backend, but I think they should show in my post. My plugin is namespaced, so I call the functions from global namespace, like \register_field_group. Any thoughts?

add_action('acf/init', 'wcp_konfigurator_add_ACF_fields');

function wcp_konfigurator_add_ACF_fields () {
	if(function_exists('\register_field_group')) {
		// Check if group is already registered
		$field_groups = \api_acf_get_field_groups(array());

		foreach ($field_groups as $group) {
			if ($group['type'] === 'acf_konfigurator-produkt') {
				return;
			}
		}
		
		// register group
		\register_field_group(array (
			'id' => 'acf_konfigurator-produkt',
			'title' => 'Konfigurator Produkt',
			'fields' => array (
				array (
					'key' => 'field_5a4e3b4ec2a2b',
etc.

• joshuaiz

• January 22, 2018 at 2:40 pm

Looking at the ACF docs, you need to add the location array to your field registration and attach it to your custom post type:

'location' => array (
    array (
        array (
            'param' => 'post_type',
            'operator' => '==',
            'value' => 'post', // add your post_type here
	),
    ),
),

I haven’t tested this but I think that should work.

More here from the docs: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/register-fields-via-php/

• habsi70

• January 23, 2018 at 2:12 am

Thank you, now I am a little embarassed 😀