Hello, I have a simple question about naming flexible content subfields. Do the subfield names within different layouts (same field group) need to be unique?
For example, I ran a test with two layouts: Two Column and Three Column.
Two Column layout has two wysiwyg subfields: column_one, column_two.
Three Column layout has three wysiwyg subfields: column_one, column_two, column_three.
I set this up by duplicating the Column Two layout and adding the third column. I did not change the subfield names, so both layouts are using the column_one and column_two subfields.
Everything works and displays properly on the front end. Can I leave it this way, or should I go back and make every subfield name unique (for example, appending the layout name in front of the column name for each subfield.)
Thanks for input.
Yes. Due to the way that ACF creates the meta_key values for repeaters (including flex fields) sub field names in each layout do not need to be unique.
That’s great. Thanks for your help!
