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update_field for taxonomy field type

  • Hi,
    I try to update an ACF field (taxonomy type) for a post with update_field but it does not work. This updates the wp_postmeta table but not the relationship between the post and taxonomy (wp_term_relationships).
    How to solve this problem ?
    Thank you
    Fred

  • Hi @fred-malinge

    The update_field() function won’t update the post taxonomy. To do that, you need to set the taxonomy by using the wp_set_post_terms() function. This page should give you more idea about it: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_set_post_terms.

    I hope this helps 🙂

  • Hi,
    thanks
    i use wp_set_object_terms for it s a custom posttype and custom tax, but it doesnt work. May be i cant call this function in the acf/save_post action ?
    update_field( ‘field_56618811a093f’, 18, $postID ); = OK
    $term_taxonomy_ids = wp_set_object_terms( $postID, 18, ‘my_taxonomy’); = doesnt work

  • Hi @fred-malinge

    Could you please share the complete code?

    Also, could you please try it by passing the term name instead? So it should be like this:

    $term_taxonomy_ids = wp_set_object_terms( $postID, 'term-name', 'my_taxonomy');

    Thanks 🙂

  • Hi,
    I tried several ways but none worked. With the slug, the id, … yet updat_field lines work

    here is my code, see // WP SET TERM OBJECT DOESNT WORK (line 57)

    Thanks
    Fred

  • Hi @fred-malinge

    I’m afraid you can’t attach PHP file to the reply. Kindly zip it first before attaching it or use https://gist.github.com/.

    Thanks 🙂

  • Hi,
    here is a zip
    Thanks
    Fred

  • Hi @fred-malinge

    I’ve just tested wp_set_object_terms() function with the acf/save_post hook, and it’s working correctly. But please keep in mind that I modified the code so it’s working on my installation.

    Could you please make sure that the variables have the correct values? Could you please debug it like this:

    echo "\noeuvre\n:";
    var_dump( $oeuvre );
    echo "\nterm_id\n:";
    var_dump( $term_id );

    Also, could you please add the variable manually like this:

    $term_taxonomy_ids = wp_set_object_terms( 99, 123, 'statut_pret');

    Where “99” is the post ID and “123” is the term ID.

    Thanks 🙂

  • Hi,
    in fact , the problem was the $oeuvre variable, for it is an array
    i had to write :
    $term_taxonomy_ids = wp_set_object_terms( $oeuvre->ID, $term_id, ‘statut_oeuvre’);
    in steadof
    $term_taxonomy_ids = wp_set_object_terms( $oeuvre, $term_id, ‘statut_oeuvre’);
    Thanks for help
    Fred

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