Issue: Field Group export is missing some fields

• wphave

• November 9, 2017 at 7:33 pm

Hey,

currently I’ve a issue with the field group export. I have a field group with 8 fields. After exporting this group, all fields are missing in the JSON file.

This is the content of the JSON file:

[
    {
        "key": "group_5a0388083c60f",
        "title": "Global: Visibility",
        "fields": false,
        "location": [
            [
                {
                    "param": "post_format",
                    "operator": "==",
                    "value": "standard"
                }
            ]
        ],
        "menu_order": 10,
        "position": "normal",
        "style": "default",
        "label_placement": "top",
        "instruction_placement": "label",
        "hide_on_screen": "",
        "active": 0,
        "description": "",
        "modified": 1510181517
    }
]

The "fields": false,! But there are fields. Why I can’t export my field group completely?

• wphave

• November 9, 2017 at 9:34 pm

I’ve figured out the following. If I copied the field group and test the export again, all fields are included in the JSON file. After this I have to reconnect this field group with other field groups by including it as clone field. After this I test it again to export the field group and the error occurs. The JSOn file is missing the all the fields. I think this is a bug.

• wphave

• November 12, 2017 at 4:28 am

@acf-support is there any response? 😉

• wphave

• January 29, 2018 at 3:19 am

I’ve created a support ticket:

I have a annoying issue / bug with missing fields in the exported JSON file and generated PHP file. So it’s not possible for me to …

1. … export my existing field group and import it again to a other wordpress installation.

2. … use “include_once( get_template_directory() . ‘/inc/acf-field-groups.php’ );” to load the field groups from the generated PHP file instead of the JSON file for user which are working with a child theme.