Get Custom Post Type ID

• johnnyr209

• September 23, 2022 at 4:27 pm

I’ve created an ACF field on a Custom Post Type, can that field be auto populated with the Custom Post Type ID?

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• John Huebner

• September 25, 2022 at 11:03 am

You use an acf/prepare_field filter.

I have net tested how to get the post ID in a while. You might get it from global $post; or by using get_queryied_object() or you might need to use $_GET['post'].

• johnnyr209

• September 26, 2022 at 11:47 am

I am a novice at ACF, and am not sure where to place the snippets of code you have suggested.

• John Huebner

• September 26, 2022 at 11:51 am

Actions and filters are generally placed into your theme’s functions.php file.

• johnnyr209

• September 26, 2022 at 12:22 pm

Like I said Im a novice. I placed this code in the functions file and dont see any change to the field when I go to the custom post type in wordpress custom_post_type_id = global $post;

• johnnyr209

• September 26, 2022 at 1:15 pm

I was able to piece together some code to get this to work. Thank you for leading me in the right direction. Here is the full code if anyone else is interested.

add_filter('acf/load_field/name=custom_post_type_id', function($field) {
	$id = get_the_ID();
	$field['default_value'] = __($id, 'txtdomain');
	return $field;
});