Is there any way to move automatically the content of a custom field to the_content(); wp field?
I need to make this change in a website with more than 400 articles, and is too hard to make it manually. Is there any easy way?
I want to do it to be able to use plugins for related posts, SEO and search, and all loads info from the_content(); . The field actually used for the main content is called “desarrollo_articulo” and the_content(); is empty.
Thanks a lot!!!
Hi @animalejourbano
To bulk update this value, I would create a new page template where you can write and run some custom code.
This template would use the WP_Query / get_posts function to query the DB for all the posts you want to update.
Then, loop through all the posts and for each post, load the ACF value (get_field()), and then use the wp_update_post function to set the post_content with the ACF value.
Hope that helps.
Thanks
E
Blast from the past — @animalejourbano + anyone who needs it:
As @elliot mentioned, pop something like this somewhere (page template) where you can load it on the front end.
Required: Replace YOURCUSTOMPOSTTYPE and YOURCUSTOMFIELD
Optionally use $custom_field_raw if you’d like to maintain any formatting in your custom field.
<?php
global $post;
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'YOURCUSTOMPOSTTYPE',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'post_status' => 'any'
);
$myposts = get_posts( $args );
foreach ( $myposts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post );
$custom_field_raw = get_field('YOURCUSTOMFIELD');
$custom_field_text_only = wp_strip_all_tags($custom_field_raw);
$my_post = array(
'ID' => get_the_ID(),
'post_content' => $custom_field_text_only // use $custom_field_raw if you want to keep any HTML formatting
);
wp_update_post( $my_post );
endforeach;
wp_reset_postdata();
?>
Hope this helps someone, someday 🙂
—
mp
It did indeed help!
I’m wondering if anybody would have a hint about changing this code to append the the custom field to the post_content instead of just replacing it.
@decioy This should work…
<?php
global $post;
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'YOURCUSTOMPOSTTYPE',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'post_status' => 'any'
);
$myposts = get_posts( $args );
foreach ( $myposts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post );
$custom_field_raw = get_the_content().get_field('YOURCUSTOMFIELD');
$custom_field_text_only = wp_strip_all_tags($custom_field_raw);
$my_post = array(
'ID' => get_the_ID(),
'post_content' => $custom_field_raw // use $custom_field_raw if you want to keep any HTML formatting
);
wp_update_post( $my_post );
endforeach;
wp_reset_postdata();
?>
PS: I recommend using $custom_field_raw instead of text_only if you want everything to look like it should.
Hello There,
Apologies for resuming this post.
I’m trying to do exactly this but the code above changes only the latest post before spitting an error message.
I have 5 ACF, which splits long posts in 5 chapters (chapter_1, chapter_2 and so on).
I’d like to move away from it and move the content of all posts from the ACFs to the_content and given I’m an absolute nob I can’t seem to be able to do it.
Could anyone help me through the process, please?
