Ended up changing the taxonomy field (taxonomy.php):
Lines 115-134:
$args = apply_filters('acf/fields/taxonomy/query', $args, $field, $options['post_id']);
$args = apply_filters('acf/fields/taxonomy/query/name=' . $field['name'], $args, $field, $options['post_id'] );
$args = apply_filters('acf/fields/taxonomy/query/key=' . $field['key'], $args, $field, $options['post_id'] );
// get terms
$terms = get_terms( $field['taxonomy'], $args );
// sort into hierachial order!
if( is_taxonomy_hierarchical( $field['taxonomy'] ) ) {
// this will fail if a search has taken place because parents wont exist
if( empty($args['search']) ) {
$terms = _get_term_children( 0, $terms, $field['taxonomy'] );
}
}
Replaced with:
$all_taxonomies = get_taxonomies();
$taxonomies = array();
foreach ($all_taxonomies as $taxonomy) {
if ($taxonomy != 'post_tag' && $taxonomy != 'nav_menu' && $taxonomy != 'link_category' && $taxonomy != 'post_format') {
array_push($taxonomies, $taxonomy);
}
}
$args = array('orderby' => 'name', 'order' => 'ASC', 'hide_empty' => false);
$terms = get_terms($taxonomies, $args);
And Line 489:
$terms = $this->get_terms( $field['value'], $field['taxonomy'] );
Replaced with:
$all_taxonomies = get_taxonomies();
$taxonomies = array();
foreach ($all_taxonomies as $taxonomy) {
if ($taxonomy != 'post_tag' && $taxonomy != 'nav_menu' && $taxonomy != 'link_category' && $taxonomy != 'post_format') {
array_push($taxonomies, $taxonomy);
}
}
$args = array('orderby' => 'name', 'order' => 'ASC', 'hide_empty' => false);
$terms = get_terms($taxonomies, $args);
The following will output all terms from the ‘category’ taxonomy and from all other registered taxonomies.