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New Custom Fields Not Displaying

  • I just recently updated to version 4.3.4 this morning. Working on making a Gallery with the Custom Fields plugin and then wanting to pull a random image from the gallery. I dumped the data for returning my gallery, but the custom field can’t be found. I’ve tried with multiple fields and still get the same thing. Just can’t the new fields I create but others I had before updating are working correctly.

    Here is my code pulling the field.

    <?php
    
    var_dump( get_field('home_gallery') );
    $gallery = get_field('home_gallery');
    $rand = array_rand($gallery, 1);
    
    if( $gallery ): ?>
    	<img src="<?php echo $gallery[$rand]['url']; ?>" alt="<?php echo $gallery[$rand]['alt']; ?>" />
    <?php endif; ?>
  • Hi @sethdouwsma

    What template file are you working in?
    Is it a home page? Is the home page also acting as a blog home page (blog archive page)?

    If so, then the global $post object is no actually the home page, it is one of the posts in the archive loop. You will need to specify the home page ID like so on the home page template:

    get_field('home_gallery', 123)

    where 123 is the home page ID

    Thanks
    E

  • Elliot,

    Thanks for the response. I tried that method of adding the post ID to the field call.

    In the code copied below, you can see at the top of the page in the h1 tag that I am calling the field “home_slide_text” and a few other custom fields from post 5. Using that call the custom field could not be found. In addition, you can also see in the screenshot the two fields ‘m looking to display, how they are setup, and the post ID at the bottom of the Home Page at the bottom.

    Could the query on the custom post type be the problem the custom fields are displaying?

    <?php
    /*
    Template Name: Home Page
    */
    ?>
    
    <?php get_header(); ?>
    
    <div class="main slide_wrapper">
    
    <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
         <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
         	<section class="section home resize">
    			<div class="slide_bg home"></div>
    				
    			<div class="slide_content">
    	         	<h1><?php get_field('home_slide_text', 5); ?></h1>
    	         	<h2><?php get_field('home_slide_subheader', 5); ?></h2>
    	         	<hr>
    			</div>
         	</section><!-- end slide --> 
         	
    	 	<?php 
    		 	$args = array( 
    		 		'post_type' => 'gallery', 
    		 		'posts_per_page' => -1,
    			);
    		 	
    		 	$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
    			$slide = 1;
    	 	?>
    	 	<?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
    	 		<section class="section gallery resize">
    				<?php $image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), 'original' ); ?>
    				<div class="slide_bg" style="background-image: url('<?php echo $image[0]; ?>')"></div>
    				
    				<div class="slide_content gallery_link">
    					<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
    						<h1><?php echo the_title(); ?></h1>
    						<hr>
    					</a>
    				</div>
    	 		</section>
    		<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>
         	
         	<section class="section about">
         		<div class="about_bg"><img src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/images/about_bg.jpg"></div>
    			<div class="container">
    				<div class="slide_header">
    					<h2>About Me</h2>
    					<hr>
    				</div>
    				
    				<div class="about_content">
    	         		<?php show_post('About'); ?>
    				</div>
    			</div>
         	</section><!-- end slide -->
    		
    		<section class="section contact">
         		<div class="contact_bg"><img src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/images/contact_bg.jpg"></div>
    			<div class="container">
    				<div class="slide_header">
    					<h2>Contact Me</h2>
    					<hr>
    					<div class="contact_info">
    						<p>408.727.3113</p>
    						<p>1140 Walsh Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95050</p>
    						<p><a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></p>
    					</div>
    				</div>
    				
    				<div class="contact_content clearfix">
    					<div id="map"></div>
    					
    					<div class="form_wrapper">
    	         			<?php show_post('Contact'); ?>
    					</div>
    				</div>
    				
    			</div>
    		</section><!-- end slide 9 -->
        
         <?php endwhile; ?>
    <?php endif; ?>
    
    </div><!-- end slide_wrapper -->
    
    <?php get_footer(); ?>
  • Elliot,

    I got the random image to appear with a little rearranging and then using the post ID. Everything works okay when creating new gallery fields, but any NEW text fields I create, I can’t get them to show.

    I’ve created two text fields to display a header and subheader, in the home page using post ID 5. But those cannot be found?

    <div class="slide_content">
    <h1><?php get_field('home_slide_header', 5); ?></h1>
    <h2><?php get_field('home_slide_subheader', 5); ?></h2>
    <hr>
    </div>
  • Hi @sethdouwsma

    Can you add this code to the template to check what data is saved to the post_id = 5:

    
    <?php 
    
    echo '<pre>';
    	print_r( get_fields(5) );
    echo '</pre>';
    die; ?>
    

    Thanks
    E

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