Issues when including ACF Pro in a theme

• Brancharrow

• August 20, 2014 at 1:55 pm

Hey guys,

I’ve had a look over the forums but I couldn’t find anything. I’ve got two issues when it comes to including the ACF Pro plugin in a theme.

require_once( INCLUDES . '/plugins/acf-pro/acf.php');

add_filter('acf/settings/path', 'my_acf_settings_path');
 
function my_acf_settings_path( $path ) {
 
	$path = get_bloginfo('stylesheet_directory') . '/inc/plugins/acf-pro/';
	
	return $path;
	
}

add_filter('acf/settings/dir', 'my_acf_settings_dir');
 
function my_acf_settings_dir( $dir ) {
 
	$dir = get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/inc/plugins/acf-pro/';
	
	return $dir;
	
}

The plugin is included correctly and works for the most part but I’ve got two issues.

1. Since you’ve released the 5.0.5 update I’m getting an update notification on the dashboard. I’m looking to include ACF PRO in a premium theme. Is there a way I can remove these notifications?

2. I’m getting blank screens on the Import/Export and Update sections. The Custom Fields are displaying correctly though. Do you know what is causing this?

If I install the plugin using the general methods instead of including it everything works perfectly. I’m probably missing something in the documentation but I’ve gone over it a couple of times.

Thanks.

• olbrown

• August 31, 2014 at 12:12 am

I’m experiencing the same problem.

The only way I can see to disable the update notification is really hacky — to change the version number on line 64 of acf.php to something unfeasibly high (so the the current version is always higher than the stable version), and to manage updates manually.

It would be great if there were a way to disable updates when including ACF Pro in a premium theme.

• Elliot

• September 2, 2014 at 10:24 am

Hi guys

Thanks for the thread. I like the idea of a filter to disable updates so I’ll add that to my to-do list.

As for the path issue. Can you please debug your code and double check that the url/path is 100% correct?

• olbrown

• September 2, 2014 at 6:46 pm

That’s awesome, Thanks Elliot!

• Patrick Heiloo

• September 3, 2014 at 4:23 am

I’m also experiencing problems.
The path is correct (see images at the bottom of this post).
What am I doing wrong?

Here is my code:

include_once( 'acf/acf.php' );

add_filter('acf/settings/path', 'my_acf_settings_path');
 
function my_acf_settings_path( $path ) {
 
	// update path
	$path = get_bloginfo('stylesheet_directory') . '/acf/';
	
	// return
	return $path;
	
}

add_filter('acf/settings/dir', 'my_acf_settings_dir');
 
function my_acf_settings_dir( $dir ) {
 
	// update path
	$dir = get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/acf/';
	
	
	// return
	return $dir;
	
}

Errors: http://www.patrickheiloo.nl/resources/acf/error_codes.png

Empty import/export: http://www.patrickheiloo.nl/resources/acf/empty_screen.png

File structure: http://www.patrickheiloo.nl/resources/acf/structure.png

• Elliot

• September 3, 2014 at 9:59 am

Hi @Patrick Heiloo

Thanks for the screenshots. I think the path setting may not be correct because it starts with ‘http’. A path should not be a web url, but an absolute path to the file.

Perhaps try using get_stylesheet_directory() instead of get_bloginfo('stylesheet_directory')

• Patrick Heiloo

• September 3, 2014 at 5:57 pm

Hi @Elliot Condon

Yes that’s it, problem solved!
Thanks for your help 🙂