Hello,
We are using ACF for a site that is getting a lot of the content from an external API. I am calling the API from a cron job and part of that involves setting a field value on one of the custom fields we’ve defined for our custom post type. I see the values in the database, and if I run the import from the wp cli shell, I can retrieve the value with get_field(), but if I restart the shell or try to access the field from a post template via browser, get_field returns false.
Here is how I set the field in my import script:
update_field('riverstar_id', '1061', 5994);
Here is the data in the wp_postmeta table:
| 5994 | riverstar_id | 1061 |
| 5994 | _riverstar_id | field_riverstar_id
Here is what i get when I call get_field():
wp> get_field('riverstar_id', 5873)
=> bool(false)
One thing I noticed is that field field is called “field_riverstar_id” whereas some of my other fields are called “field_588ba5368fd40” or some other random identifier. I don’t know why but this seems significant. “riverstar_id” is definitely defined in the custom field group, I have checked and re-checked it numerous times.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Greg
