Wrong saving post_excerpt: field not working.

• LUCA.CARIDA

• May 4, 2022 at 9:44 am

Hi guys,
after upgrading to most up-to-date WordPress and ACF version, I have an issue creating new fields, and also calling back the old ones in the front-end.

If I create a new Field, instead of new_field as post_excerpt I have this (attached). I think it’s the “post_content” being place in the wrong place in the database.

Then, I have to go to phpmyadmin and manually change te post_excerpt to new_event to have the field available. Also if I change the field order, all the affected fields are again saved in this way…

How can – if possible – fix this?

I tried disabling all the plugins one by one, the issue is still here…

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• John Huebner

• May 4, 2022 at 10:02 am

What you have shown is the field definition. ACF stores the field definition in post_content.

• LUCA.CARIDA

• May 4, 2022 at 10:14 am

Hi John, thanks for the quick answer!

This is EXACTLY the issue. As I save a new Field, this is what happens in the database.

Then I have to manually change the post_excerpt.. it seems it is stored twice. Any idea why is it happening?

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• John Huebner

• May 4, 2022 at 10:19 am

It sounds like you have a filter on the site that is supposed to alter the post_except when a post is saved that is also affecting ACF field posts.

• LUCA.CARIDA

• May 4, 2022 at 10:37 am

I’ll check this and will be back to you, thanks!

• John Huebner

• May 4, 2022 at 11:15 am

I would search code for calls to wp_update_post() starting in the theme and then moving on to plugins.