Big fan of the plugin, been using it since I first bought it and never looked back!
Not sure if this is a bug introduced by the latest WordPress 3.9 update – I updated one of my client sites earlier tonight and since then, I can’t seem to save values in a nested repeater.
Basically, I created a custom options page to be able to use some global variables. Inside that custom options page, I have a main repeater which has 4 text fields and a repeater with 3 text fields inside it.
The text fields on the main repeater work as intended, and I seem to be able to enter and save values into the 3 text fields inside the nested repeater, after I clicked the “Save Options” button, the values I entered still remain inside the text fields on the nested repeater, but if I go to other pages and return to the options page, all the values (inside the nested repeater) disappear!
Hi,
Thanks for this amazing plugin
We are having a similar issue. We upgraded to 3.9 and to the current version of the plugin.
We have a custom post type with 3 nested repeater fields with the flexible content (For creating tables). When we click update the page loads for a few minuted then goes to a 404, or sometimes back to the page with the data gone.
I have tried to break it up to one table per page instead of all of them on one page, but we are running into the same issue.
I have changed our execution time to 600 seconds, and has not fixed the issue.
Thank you,
Drive Digital
I’m also seeing this issue in WordPress 3.9.1 with ACF 4.3.8 and ACF Repeater 1.1.1
Hoping for a fix soon!
Same problem…. awaiting solution
A similar problem was found about a week ago: http://support.advancedcustomfields.com/forums/topic/relationship-field-loses-post-type-after-save/
I am seeing the problem occur with anything past a basic field like text, text area, or radio. I’m wondering the bug is with how it saves the fields?
Using the repeaters with a project that is close to launch and now this bug is requiring us to rework sections as they were reliant on the repeater field.
I am having the exact same problem, I cannot use nested repeaters on an Options page. When I add content to the Options page, hit ‘Update, the page reloads, but the fields come up blank.
When I try the same on a page or custom post they work perfectly.
Any Ideas?
I’m having exactly the same issue.
Currently developing a website in WP 4.3 using ACF 5.3.0.
When having site options with a nested repeater, only some of the field values are saved when clicking on save.
After having done some tests, i looks like the cause of this is a limitation of character for the field-name inside the nested repeaters.
for my case:
timeline_title (14chars did not save)
timelinetitle (13chars saved)
test:
abcdefghijklm (13chars saved)
abcdefghijklmo (14chars did not save)
so a workaround until this gets fixed is to use a maximum of 13 characters for field-names.
cheers,
Tom
