Hi there !
– Say anytime i want an image field, i need it to output an array as default.
– Or anytime i use a wysiwyg, i don’t want it to show the media button
– when i need a textarea, i want it with no formatting as default.
How can i change these defaults ?
Any plugins or snippet example for functions.php ?
Thank you !!
Johan
Hi @jdelforge
You can always use the acf/prepare_field hook to do it. This page should give you more idea about it: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/acfprepare_field/.
I hope this helps 🙂
Thank you James,
Here is a very interesting answer i just got from Stackoverflow:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37717888/acfs-how-to-change-default-values-settings
Greetz!
James, as Pierre told me :
“An important point : this snippets will do the job for the display (of the value for the front, and on the field for the back), but they will not check/select the correct option on the ACF fields settings form.”
Do you think another way of approaching it is possible ?
… i think it would be a great feature to add, thou… great to match anyone’s method.
Hi @jdelforge
If you want to change the default settings on the field group editor, I’m afraid you need to modify the core files. I’m sorry for the inconvenience.
Thanks 🙂
OK Thank you James.
I have got some tips to use another hook : acf/update_field/
For anyone interested, the answer is updated at
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37717888/acfs-how-to-change-default-values-settings
It is not perfect, but it will work for me.
Greetz
Hello, is there any update for this in 2023 and ACF Pro v6 ?
It would make life much easier, if there was option to change default field settings.
Plus one for being able to change field setting defaults.
