Update to WP 4.8.1 causing double tags

• richardtinkler

• September 1, 2017 at 6:45 pm

We are using an ACF WYSIWYG field and outputting this using the usual get_field() command.

After updating to WP 4.8.1, the get_field() command is doubling all <br> tags.

For example, the html in our ACF WYSIWYG field is as follows:

<p>Hello world<br>another row…</p>

get_field() outputs the following:

<p>Hello world<br><br>another row…</p>

The same problem occurs with ACF text fields even when the formatting option is turned to off.

Currently, the only setting that works properly is text field -> convert html tags.

Please check and let us know if you have a workaround.

Many thanks,
R

• Keith Lock

• September 3, 2017 at 12:52 pm

Hi @richardtinkler

I can’t be sure what the issue is, but I wanted to let you know that I have a clean install of WordPress Version 4.8.1 with ACF Pro Version 5.6.1 and everything worked OK for me.

Check out the screenshots below:

https://imgur.com/ChTX9C9

https://imgur.com/sTBLlKP

It might be another plugin affecting the output perhaps?

Have you tried the default WP theme, or perhaps deactivating plugins?

Let me know if I can help further, I am subscribed to this thread so I will get email alerts with your replies.