Hello, so this is my issue
my custom fields are named in Russian, and it’s a big mistake, and my db is big already
Now i want to rename the fields, and i find out that changing the name from the plugin dashboard is not enough
so i found a script that duplicate the same fields to and create new meta + deleting the old meta
my question: is there any consequences doing that?
another question: i found meta keys that start with dash (_) and they point for some field, what is that? is it okay to duplicate them also to the new name?
This is the script
$meta_keys = array(
array( 'old_field','new_field' ),
);
foreach ( $meta_keys as $k ) {
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'event',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'meta_key' => $k[0]
);
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
$the_query->the_post();
$meta = get_field( $k[0]);
if ( $meta ) {
// Migrate the meta to the new name
update_field($k[1], $meta ); // add the meta with the new name
delete_post_meta(get_the_ID(),$k[0]); // delete the old meta
}
}
}
wp_reset_postdata(); // Restore original Post Data
}
Each field has 2 entries in the database.
“field_name” = the field value
“_field_name” = field key of field_name
ACF manages this when you use update_field()
