I just transitioned a large site that had been using WP Types to ACF.
It was easier than I expected.
1. export the Types data. It’s an xml file. I converted it to json (using this http://www.utilities-online.info/xmltojson/) for readability.
2. review the fields created with Types. All Types fields are prepended “wpcf-” in the database. So, say you had an image field named “portrait”, simply recreate it in ACF with this name: “wpcf-portrait”.
3. Carefully recreate all group fields, always keeping the same wpcf-name. all the info you need (description, field type, etc…) is in the xml/json file.
4. Modify your theme templates. Wherever you find the function type_render_field(‘portrait’), you need to replace it with the_field(‘wpcf-portrait’) or get_field(‘wpcf-portrait’).
It took me about two hours but it was worthy: ACF is so much better and so much more stable. Can’t count the number of times Toolset introduced bugs with its plugin updates.
Anyways, hope this helps.
I should have turned my fingers seven times on my keyboard before suggesting this: a google search pointed me to an available plugin: https://github.com/tmconnect/ACF-Column-Field
I leave this here for anyone looking for building column-based layouts.
Actually found a solution, using the save_post filter.
// SYNC USER META DATA
add_filter('acf/save_post', 'acf_set_user_meta_description', 20, 1);
// FUNCTIONS
function acf_set_user_meta_description( $user_id ){
// Keep User meta 'description' in sync with our ACF field
$bio = get_field('user_bio', $user_id);
// $user_id is actually user_{id}. To update WP, we remove the "user_" part.
$user_id = (int)substr(strrchr($user_id, "_"), 1);
if(!empty($user_id)){
// Will return false if the previous value is the same as $new_value.
$updated = update_user_meta( $user_id, 'description', $bio );
}
}
found the solution: simply needed to remove the double quotes around the value
// The product's related artist.
$artist = get_field('artist_id');
// The product's most recent related project. If found, get the content of its "Artist" block.
$project = new WP_Query( array(
'post_type' => 'project',
'posts_per_page' => 1,
'orderby'=> 'date',
'order' => 'DESC',
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'artist', // name of custom field
'value' => $artist->term_id,
'compare' => 'LIKE'
)
)
));
