get_row_layout() not showing all layouts

• GibbersCrabst

• October 3, 2023 at 12:58 pm

I inherited a site using ACF after my predecessor left my company, and I have never worked with WordPress or ACF before now.

The theme of the site I’m managing has a custom page template called single-everfi-toolkit.php, which is pulling in layouts from a field called “Content Blocks”, which is Flexible Content:

if (have_rows('content_blocks')) {
                                while (have_rows('content_blocks')) {
                                    the_row();

                                    $everfi_fc_layout = get_row_layout();
                                    set_query_var('everfi_fc_layout',$everfi_fc_layout);
                                    set_query_var('everfi_fc_initial_cols', 4);//NOTE: refers to the bootstrap col-#

                                    get_template_part('includes/fc', $everfi_fc_layout); ?>
                                    <hr/>
                                <?php }
                            }

In the Includes folder of the theme are PHP files for all the existing layouts, with the prefixes “fc-” and then the name of the layout. I Add a Test Text layout to the Field in ACF, then made the corresponding PHP file “fc-test-text.php”:

<?php
$title = get_sub_field('block_title');
$css_id = get_sub_field('css_id');
$css_class = get_sub_field('css_class');
?>
<section<?php echo($css_id ? ' id="' . $css_id .'"' : ''); ?> class="fc-test-text content-block<?php echo($css_class ? ' ' . $css_class : ''); ?>">
    <?php
    if($title){
        echo '<h3>'.$title.'</h3>';
    }
    ?>
    <?php
    if(get_sub_field('is_intro')){
        the_sub_field('intro_content');
    }
    ?>
    <div class="testTextContainer">
        <p><?php echo esc_html( get_field('text') ); ?></p>
    </div>
</section>

I can add my Test Text layout in my Content Blocks field when editing a toolkit page, and fill out all the fields as expected. However, the content does not show on the toolkit after saving. I tested existing layouts and they show just fine. Can anyone please help me understand what I need to do to get my Test Text content to show on the page as well?

• John Huebner

• October 3, 2023 at 3:08 pm

When you created your new layout did ACF convert the layout name to “text_text”.

I as because the only thing I can see here might be the name of the file you are trying to get.

$everfi_fc_layout = get_row_layout();

will assign the layout name saved in ACF. The file name must math this exactly using the code you have. “fc-test_text” will not load “fc-test-text.php”

If this is the case you either need to change the layout name in ACF or change the file name.

• GibbersCrabst

• October 3, 2023 at 4:41 pm

Thanks John, I did ensure that my PHP file name was fc-text_text.php to match the name test_text. However the Test Text block is still not showing on the toolkit page after clearing my cache.

• John Huebner

• October 3, 2023 at 4:53 pm

If the file name matches the layout name with “fc-” prepended and it is in the theme “includes/” folder then there isn’t any reason that is should not be working. You need to start looking into what is happening

$everfi_fc_layout = get_row_layout();
echo $everfi_fc_layout;

• GibbersCrabst

• October 4, 2023 at 2:42 pm

Welp, turned out I needed to clear my cache in WordPress after renaming my file. Can’t believe I forgot to do that. My new layout is now working as expected. Thanks so much for your help!