Is there a way to set the post parent or post status via a ACF custom field?
If not, what might be a good way to populate these fields on submission using a front-end form? and prepopulate them when the form is loaded after they are saved?
Hi @maxaud
The acf_form() functions has the new_post option to set the new post data. Please take a look at this page to learn more about it: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/using-acf_form-to-create-a-new-post/.
I hope this helps 🙂
I’d like to update a post, not set it upon creation.
Hi @maxaud
In that case, you need to create dummy custom fields to create the form. You can also add the input fields manually using “html_after_fields” option, but it will be more complex.
For the post status, you can create a select field type while for the parent post, you can use a post object field type. After that, you can update the post using the acf/save_post and wp_update_post() function. Maybe something like this:
function my_acf_save_post( $post_id ) {
// Get the selected post status
$value = get_field('post_status_field', $post_id);
// Update current post
$my_post = array(
'ID' => $post_id,
'post_status' => $value,
);
// Remove the action to avoid infinite loop
remove_action('acf/save_post', 'my_acf_save_post', 20);
// Update the post into the database
wp_update_post( $my_post );
// Add the action back
add_action('acf/save_post', 'my_acf_save_post', 20);
}
// run after ACF saves the $_POST['acf'] data
add_action('acf/save_post', 'my_acf_save_post', 20);
Hope this helps 🙂
