I’m brand new to ACF and attempting and failing to use it for the first time. My goal is to use ACF to help populate an image module with a category archive title.
The problem is that when I go into the category archive template I built, I can’t see the ACF field group I created as an option to add.
Even though I’ve been reading and watching videos on the ACF site, I’m still struggling with the terminology and the concept of ACF.
How I have it set up:
Field Group
1. Field type: Text
Field Label: catname1
Field Name: catname1
Default Value: blank because I have no idea what I’d input on this one.
2. Field type: Image
Field Label: catimage1
Field Name:catimage1
Default Value: blank
Under Settings I input:
Taxonomy is equal to Category (category)
Under Post Types
Plural Label: Category Headers
Singular Label: Category Header
Post Type Key: category-header
Taxonomies: Category (category)
Set to Public but Hierarchical is toggled off.
Under Taxonomies
Plural Label: Category Headers
Singular Label: Category Header
Post Types: Post (post)
Set to Public but Hierarchical is toggled off.
I notice this comes up when I hit Save but I’m unsure if I’m supposed to do anything with these:
Category Headers taxonomy updated
Add fields
Link field groups
Create taxonomy
Duplicate taxonomy
Create post type
Essentially I don’t know enough to know if I’ve set this up incorrectly or if I’m missing a vital step in the process.
Addendum question: am I required to install a child theme (plugin) in order to not lose my ACF fields? In other words, when I next update my theme or wordpress, am I going to lose all of the work I did in the ACF plugin?
