Update Taxonomy Field

• medic_steven

• November 6, 2018 at 12:05 am

I am having a bit of trouble updating a custom field with a taxonomy term. Looking around the web there isnt much help.

I create a new term which works. But then I want to update a custom field from ACF with the new term. The field I am updating is a taxonomy.

Here is my code:

$make_term = wp_insert_term($make, "car_make");
update_field('field_5b435f2052447', $make_term->term_id, $post_id);

When i go to the post, the field is not updated: http://prntscr.com/lelb1p

I have tried this as well and it has not worked either:

$make_term = wp_insert_term($make, "car_make");
wp_set_object_terms($post_id, $make_term, 'car_make');

Can anyone suggest where i am going wrong please?

• TaylahColman

• June 16, 2021 at 1:48 pm

Also wondering if you’ve found way to get custom fields in WP templates in Taxonomy. please tell me .

• John Huebner

• June 17, 2021 at 12:15 am

A taxonomy field holds and array of terms

update_field('field_5b435f2052447', array($make_term->term_id), $post_id);

your second code example will only work if you have the taxonomy field set to load and save terms.