Setting Category from Frontend Form

• Martapetrella

• January 25, 2017 at 6:31 am

I use this code in my template

<?php acf_form(array(
 'post_id'	=> 'new_post',
 'new_post'	=> array(
   'post_type'	=> '',
   'post_status'=> 'publish',
   'post_title'  => $_POST['acf']['field_5882557e92006'].' - '.$_POST['acf']['field_5882557e9207c'].' - '.get_cat_name( $_POST['acf']['field_588713c7a61d9'] ), // Post Title ACF field key
   'post_category' => $_POST['acf']['field_588713c7a61d9'], // Post Category ACF field key
),
   'field_groups'   => array(98), // Create post field group ID(s)
   'form'               => true,
   'html_before_fields' => '',
   'html_after_fields'  => '',
   'submit_value'       => 'Submit Post',
   'updated_message'    => 'Saved!',
    'uploader' 			 => 'wp',
    'return' 		=> '/'
   )); ?>

…and that in my function.php

function acf_review_before_save_post($post_id) {
	if (empty($_POST['acf']))
		return;
	$_POST['acf']['_post_title'] =  get_cat_name( $_POST['acf']['field_588713c7a61d9'] ).' - '.$_POST['acf']['field_5882557e92006'].' - '.$_POST['acf']['field_5882557e9207c'];
	$_POST['acf']['_post_category'] = $_POST['acf']['field_588713c7a61d9'];
	return $post_id;
}
add_action('acf/pre_save_post', 'acf_review_before_save_post', -1);
?>

…and all work very well except for the _post_category.

I whant to change the real category of the post but it dosen’t change after saving.

What am I wrong?

Thanks!

• John Huebner

• February 6, 2017 at 6:08 am

_post_category is not one of the special fields defined by ACF in acf_form(), only _post_title and _post_content.

If this is from a taxonomy field, set the field to save and load terms.