Options page field values not showing on page load

• functopus

• August 27, 2018 at 10:49 pm

Hi all, the fields I’m putting in my footer.php are coming up blank on page load. I can’t see anything I’ve done wrong. In the process of debugging I’ve made the functions.php code as simple as possible:

<?php
if( function_exists('acf_add_options_page') ) {
	
	acf_add_options_page();
	
}
?>

I’ve then set up three simple text fields:

And called them in the footer.php code:

<div class="section center">
      <h1 class="fadein"><?php the_field('get_in_touch'); ?> <br/>
        <div class="underline"></div>
      </h1>
      <h2 class="fadein">
              <?php if( get_field('tell_me_about_your_project') ): ?>
                <?php the_field('tell_me_about_your_project'); ?>
              <?php endif; ?></h2>
      
      <div class="fadein">
        <a class="more" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#emailMe">
          <span>
            <?php the_field('talk_to_me'); ?>
          </span>
        </a>
      </div>
    </div>

Unfortunately the fields just don’t seem to do anything on the actual page. I’ve tried changing them from their default values, but that doesn’t change anything either unfortunately. Any pointers?

• KiwiCreative

• August 28, 2018 at 1:00 am

Functopus,

When retrieving values from an option page, you have to put ‘option’ as the second parameter in the get_field() and/or the_field() functions.

So for your first field, you would use:

the_field('get_in_touch', 'option');

You can learn more about this in the documentation:

https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/options-page/

Look at the template usage section

• functopus

• August 28, 2018 at 1:13 am

Amazing, thanks. Should have caught that myself really. I’m still feeling dopey from the festival I was at over the weekend – really appreciate the help.