using update_field for taxonomy terms

• Bones

• October 30, 2014 at 12:21 am

Hi Eliot,

I am trying to update the value of an acf taxonomy field by using update_field()

if I use wp_set_object_terms() the data appears in the backend form fields but is not saved to the post until I manually save the post.

I can’t get update_field() working with any value… Should I be passing the term object or the ID?

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//works but does not save data to the field
wp_set_object_terms( $route_id, intval( $grade_object->term_id), ‘grade’ );

//I believe this is what I need to do but I cannot get it to work
update_field(‘field_52e7f08dec08a’, intval( $grade_object->term_id) , $route_id);

Thanks

• jpegtobbe

• October 30, 2014 at 3:12 am

Hi!

I have the same problem. Posted an entry here yesterday:
http://support.advancedcustomfields.com/forums/topic/relationship-field-works-after-click-update/

/ Tobias

• jpegtobbe

• November 1, 2014 at 8:46 pm

Hi Bones!

Did you manage to solve this problem yet? I have had no luck yet.

Best regards,
Tobias

• Bones

• November 3, 2014 at 9:43 pm

Hi Tobias,

Sorry I’ve had no luck yet either. Looks like this is a bug waiting to be fixed.

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• Bones

• November 21, 2014 at 9:58 am

I have found a solution!

It’s all about the output function rather than the save function.

using get_field('field_name') wasn’t outputting a value

I needed to use get_field(field_id) (it will look something like this – field_52d84a083f9c6)

I generally do use field ID’s as they’re supposed to be more reliable, for some reason I used the field name here and that was causing the problem.

Hope that helps someone

• jpegtobbe

• November 28, 2014 at 12:55 am

Im using the field_id but i think something crazy is wrong, because it get the default “welcome to wordpress” blog post, yet i have set up the field so filter by my custom post type that i created, which it populates correcly when im updating the post and the relation field.

And when running a get_field(field id….) i get the correctly value + default wp blog post + the title of the entry repeated 21 times. No logic there.

• Elliot

• December 12, 2014 at 1:15 pm

Hi @jpegtobbe

Can you please post your code?

Cheers
E