Post Object Filter by Custom Field, not title (ACF PRO)

• mrnaysilva

• September 26, 2017 at 9:31 am

Hi there,

So I am using post object which allows me to search a custom post type by the title. What I want to do is search the custom post type by a custom field and have the custom field values returned. At the moment I have the following code in my functions.php file:-

function my_post_object_query( $args, $field, $post_id ) {
	
    // Get the search text
    $the_search = $args['s'];
    
    // Remove it so ACF won't search the posts based on title
    unset($args['s']);
    
    // Search based on custom field
    $args['meta_key'] = 'short_title';
    $args['meta_value'] =  $the_search;
    $args['meta_compare'] = 'LIKE';
    
	// return
    return $args;
    
}

// filter for a specific field based on it's name
add_filter('acf/fields/post_object/query/name=product', 'my_post_object_query', 10, 3);

This is allowing me to search using a custom field but the returned values are still the ‘Title’. How can I change the returned values to the same custom field; short_title

Thanks

• Keith Lock

• September 28, 2017 at 3:19 am

This filter should do the trick:
https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/acf-fields-post_object-result/