Prevent acf/load_field filter when using get_field

• joelataylor

• January 22, 2015 at 6:43 am

I’m not sure why ACF does this, but when I use get_field('my_field') it calls the filter acf/load_field/name=my_field.

I’m running a pretty expensive operation on this filter and certainly do NOT want it to run when loading the field from a template page.

How can I prevent my filter from running when the get_field function is called?

• nikolaj

• February 17, 2015 at 11:11 pm

I think it’s quite natural that it does it since you are getting the field but I would too very much appreciate a way to sidestep the filter because if you’re calling get_field from within that hook you will end up in an infinite loop. Maybe using a parameter for the get_field_object method?