ACF context for secondary loops in Gutenberg blocks

• diegovogel

• March 23, 2021 at 8:07 am

I have a Gutenberg block that includes a secondary loop, and in that loop I need to get ACF values. I can do this by specifying a post ID as the second parameter of the_field(). However, this won’t work in my situation. I need to get ACF values without specifying that second parameter. Is there a way to do this in a Gutenberg block? Can I update the ACF context somehow?

Here’s an example:

$args = array(
  'post_type' => 'cpt_slug',
	'p' => $cpt_id,
);
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
if ($the_query->have_posts()) {
  while ($the_query->have_posts()) {
    $the_query->the_post();

    the_field('acf_slug'); // This works in a page template, but not in a Gutenberg block template.
    the_field('acf_slug', get_the_ID()); // This does work in a Gutenberg block template, but I can't use this for reasons.

  }
}
wp_reset_postdata();

If needed I can explain why I can’t use the second parameter.