I have an ACF form on the front end that creates an entry for a custom post type. I don’t want to show the post title field for the user to edit, but I want to set it to something like “News Item 123456” when the form is submitted, where 123456 uses time(). Below is my code for showing/submitting the form which does work.
<?php
// Show ACF Form On Front End Via ShortCode
// acf_form_head(); added to header.php
// Function for the shortcode
function bwp_acf_form_function($attr) {
// If ACF isn't running then exit
if (!function_exists('acf_form')) {
return;
}
// Buffer data instead of outputting it
ob_start();
// Unique form ID to avoid conflicts
$form_id = 'bwp-acf-form-' . uniqid();
// Debug: Log form ID and request data
error_log('Rendering ACF Form with ID: ' . $form_id);
error_log('Request data: ' . print_r($_REQUEST, true));
// Display ACF form
acf_form(array(
'id' => $form_id,
'post_id' => 'new_post',
'new_post' => array(
'post_type' => 'daily-message',
'post_status' => 'draft',
),
'field_groups' => array($attr['field_group_id']),
'post_title' => false, // False to auto-populate
'post_content' => false, // False to not use for content
'submit_value' => __("Add CSCC Daily Messenger Info", 'acf'),
'updated_message' => __("Daily Messenger Post Added", 'acf'),
'return' => '', // Redirect URL after saving (empty string means no redirect)
'html_after_fields'=> '<input type="hidden" name="my_form_nonce" value="' . wp_create_nonce('my_form_nonce_action') . '">', // Add nonce for security
));
// Empty the buffer data
return ob_get_clean();
}
// Add the shortcode
add_shortcode('bwp_acf_form', 'bwp_acf_form_function');
?>
Add the below in your acf_form array.
‘post_title’ => ‘News Item ‘ . time(),
When a new post is created it should be created with ‘News Item ‘ + unixt imestamp
