Problem using function acf_add_local_field

• valentin6work

• December 28, 2020 at 8:21 pm

I am using this code to create a field in an existing group:

function myfunct()
{
acf_add_local_field(array(
                        'key' => 'field_test_field',
                        'label' => 'Test Field',
                        'name' => 'test_field',
                        'type' => 'text',
                        'parent' => 'field_5c2f8603966b9'
                    ));
}

add_action( 'acf/init','myfunct');

It creates a field, but when editing a post, the fields that were created earlier are not shown. Only the field created by this function

• John Huebner

• December 29, 2020 at 1:43 am

What type of field are you trying to add a sub field to?

• valentin6work

• April 7, 2021 at 6:59 pm

Repeater

• John Huebner

• April 7, 2021 at 9:54 pm

I don’t know what I was thinking when I first answered this question. Looking back at the OP now I don’t see any reason this should not be working.

How are the original fields added?

• valentin6work

• April 9, 2021 at 1:21 am

I solved the problem.

Fields were added through the WP interface.
Later there was a need to add fields programmatically.
They were added, but those that were previously not displayed.

How I solved the problem:

Through tools I generated PHP code.
Copied the array of fields from there and added it to my code – it worked