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How does the select field in ACF work?
The Select field creates a drop-down list to select one or more choices from.
Why are ACF fields not displaying on’posts page’?
When you select a page to act as the ‘Blogs’ archive page, the global $post object does not point to the page called Blog, instead it points to the loop of posts. This means that ACF will load the data (via get_field) from the wrong place (not page called Blog).
How to dynamically populate a select field’s choices?
Need to dynamically populate a field’s choices? This tutorial will cover how to take a value saved to the options page and use it to override the choices for a select field. As the ‘choices’ array attribute is used for the radio, checkbox and select fields, this tutorial can be transposed onto any of these fields.
What does the X icon mean in ACF select?
If selected, the select list will begin with an empty choice labelled “- Select -“. If using the Stylized UI setting, this choice will be replaced by a ‘x’ icon allowing you to remove the selected value(s).
What are the issues with the ACF field?
Recent changes to the core acf_field class have caused a conflict with some 3rd party field types (such as the image crop and component field types) that extend core ACF fields (such as the image and repeater field types) causing the core fields to render twice.
Are there any issues with the ACF plugin?
A bug found in the text and textarea field validation function caused an incorrect character count when validating a value containing special characters. Status: Solved. Please re-download the ACF PRO plugin files. A bug found in the “Local Fields” logic caused all metaboxes to appear in reverse order.
Is there a way to reorder choices in ACF?
If using the Stylized UI setting, you may also drag/drop reorder the selected choices. This setting will use the Select2 JavaScript library to enhance your select field with more functionality (search, ajax, reorder).
How to add custom field to a category?
In ACF, the group I’m in has “show this field group if” Post Taxonomy is equal to Grade 11 and Grade 12. Post Category didn’t return these categories, which is why I used Post Taxonomy. I created a field called “Grade” that uses the input type “Number”.