update_field on newly created taxonomy term

• orangutangle

• July 8, 2024 at 9:02 am

Hi. I am trying to set a field value on a custom taxonomy term, which may be newly created. Here’s my logic:

$client_term = get_term_by( 'name', $contact['name'], 'mp_client' );
if ( !$client_term ) {
    $client_term = wp_insert_term( $contact['name'], 'mp_client' );
}
update_field( 'contact_id', $contact['id'], 'mp_client_' . $client_term->term_id );

For some reason, update_field doesn’t save the value when the term is newly created by wp_insert_term. For existing terms, it works.
Why is that? I’ve tried saving using field_keys, but it makes no difference.