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  • I have created some custom fields using ACF.

    And I am displaying one of those custom fields inside the Theme X content builder using a shortcode I made:

        // Add Shortcode
        function shortccode_14_eyes() {
    
        	if ( get_field( 'privacy_fourteen_eyes_country' ) ):
        		return '<span style="color:#EE121E;"><i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle"></i></span>';
        	endif;
    
        }
        add_shortcode( '14_eyes', 'shortccode_14_eyes' );

    If the field privacy_fourteen_eyes_country is true, it will display a font awesome icon.

    The problem is that the icon is displaying even when the custom field has a false value. The icon shows no matter what value the field has (true or false).

    I thought maybe my code was wrong so I tested it using https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-content-shortcode/ which generates shortcodes for ACF.

    [if field=privacy_fourteen_eyes_country value=1]<span style="color: #ee121e;"><i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle"></i></span>[/if]

    But it has the exact same problem. The icon shows no matter what value the field has.

    I’m having a really frustrating and wasteful day trying to get this working. Do you know what is going wrong?

    Here are the settings page for my ACF field: http://nimb.ws/RFKukJ

  • As per another thread (https://support.advancedcustomfields.com/forums/topic/the-group-field/) I have also tried the below code, but it doesn’t work either.

    /* Add 14 eyes shortcode */
    function shortcode_14_eyes() {
    
    	$privacy = get_field('privacy');	
    
    	if( $privacy ):
    	    if( $privacy['fourteen_eyes_country'] ):
    	            return '<span style="color:#EE121E;"><i class="fa fa-exclamation-triangle"></i></span>';
        	    endif;
    	endif;
    
    }
    add_shortcode( '14_eyes', 'shortcode_14_eyes' );
  • UPDATE: I can get things working, but then as soon as I change one of the custom fields on the backend it stops working. It will just display nothing, or display an old value.

    I have no caching plugins running, and cloudflare is turned off. I am also clearing the browser cache each time.

    Why is this happening?

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