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Is it safe and good practice to use do_shortcode to escape?

The WordPress Coding Standards sniffs treat do_shortcode() as an “autoescaped function”. This appears to have been discussed in 2015 in these GitHub issues: https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards/issues/167 https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress-Coding-Standards/issues/428 The explanation used when it was added to the list was: I discussed this with VIP support (#44195). David, after conferring with another team member, said that it’s unnecessary, as … Read more

ACF Advanced Custom Fields | Help me grab the fields on my WooCommerce homepage [closed]

If using the WooCommerce homepage you must specify this in the get_field using get_option: $has_homepage_side_points = get_field(‘has_homepage_side_points’, get_option( ‘woocommerce_shop_page_id’ )); This has resolved the issue for me, I hope it helps someone else, Jason.

How to write PHP array to render JSON-LD Markup for Job Postings, with ACF

This seems more like a PHP programming question, but yes as you guessed in PHP if you want the value of a variable you just need $var. echo $var outputs it and will cause a syntax error how you’ve used it. Otherwise everything else looks ok, although obviously I can’t say if that data structure … Read more

ACF Custom validation message not showing up

Add this snippet and check according to your needed. add_action(‘acf/validate_save_post’, ‘my_acf_validate_save_post’); function my_acf_validate_save_post() { $start = $_POST[‘acf’][‘field_5fb0e816ea4fc’]; //$start = new DateTime($start); $start = strtotime($start); $end = $_POST[‘acf’][‘field_5fb0e83aea4fd’]; //$end = new DateTime($end); $end = strtotime($end); if( current_user_can(‘manage_options’) ) { acf_reset_validation_errors(); } // check custom $_POST data if ($start > $end ) { acf_add_validation_error($_POST[‘acf’][‘field-600e609de8ab8’], ‘End Date should … Read more

Display post in order of ACF checkbox?

Given that this order you desire is unfortunately not alphabetical (although that wouldn’t be very scaleable… but it would be handy). You might make life easier on yourself by adding another custom field called (say) “display_order”. Then add the numbers 1,2 and 3 to that field, and then query the post type ordering by these … Read more

How can I track and output when a field is updated? (currently using Advanced Custom Fields)

You can use the acf_update_value filter to set a post meta value whenever the field is updated. Here’s an example for a field named test_field. Check if the current field is test_field, then get its old value and compare it to the new value. If it has been updated, update a post meta field named … Read more

Advanced custom fields: Customise date picker’s start date (need to choose year 1500 onwards) [closed]

You can do this by customizing the plugin. You’ll want to find timepicker.js in /wp-content/plugins/acf-field-date-time-picker/js/timepicker.js And change line 21: , yearRange: “-100:+100” to your preferred range, for example: , yearRange: “-500:+100” This gives you a dropdown that, by default, goes back 500 years and forth 100, from the current year. Or you can hardcode a … Read more

random p tag in advanced custom fields?

The problem is with WordPress’s wpautop() filter. Here’s what ACF says to do: https://support.advancedcustomfields.com/forums/topic/removing-paragraph-tags-from-wysiwyg-fields/ This is a normal WP behaviour – to turn all new lines into paragraph tags. To remove this, you can try loading the value without any formatting. You can do this by providing a ‘false’ for the format parameter in the … Read more

WP Rest endpoint with custom post type and ACF Fields

Advanced custom fields uses get_field() function to retrieve the fields. So, all you have to do is to retrieve them by using: $field = get_field(‘field_name’, $post->ID, ‘format_value’); for each of your fields in the loop. You can read this page for more information. Questions about plugins are off-topic here, That’s why your question haven’t receive … Read more

Inconsistent behavior from number_format

Seems like the function you using is the the_field function from of ACF which is a function that outputs a string so the formatting number_formatt dosent effect the output. This code: <?php echo number_format(the_field(‘price’)); ?> The echo does not really print anything, the function the_fields prints the output, that’s the reason the number_format function doesn’t … Read more

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