ACF group fields are not showing in the dynamic fields.

[manoj-identixweb]

Hi there,

I am using the Elementor, Elementor PRO plugin to make using the dynamic fields from ACF. When I added custom fields to the post - Portfolio and tried to get values of them by Elementor PRO's dynamic field, I didn't get the fields fetched to the dropdown.

The following are some screenshots to the WordPress website I am using which can helps you to understand the things I tried to explain. 01) Custom Field - http://prntscr.com/pwsw9p 02) Value in the post - http://prntscr.com/pwsxse 03) Fields showing in the Elementor's dynamic value - http://prntscr.com/pwsxse

I'm working on the local environment for testing some features. Following plugins and themes, I am using on the website.

Theme Active Twenty Twenty

Running with WordPress latest version 5.3

I hope you'll resolve this.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks in advance,

[BradShoemaker]

Agreed. I would like to see this added as well.

[SoundYeti]

I Agree!

I am having the same issue/ similar. I searched for an hour or so. I tried updating, rolling back etc..

I figured out If you are creating an ACF custom field group with the 'Field Type' set as 'Group' and have any nested options it will not show up in elementor's Dynamic Fields as a key.

But If you take it out of the Group, it works fine as far as I can tell.

This is showing that I have ACF group enabled with sub-options.

and below you can see since the number 1 spot referenced above is outside of the group the "Does this show up" shows up.

Testing this again - I deleted the entire Field Group, and started fresh. I added all the desired fields one by one and didn't nest anything in a group. As you can see the Dynamic Keys are magically there now! A fix would be awesome!

[nuresponse]

I'm having same issue.

[Ricarditu]

Yup, same here! I tried everything, like @SoundYeti, and only a lot later I figured out the issue was the group... Would be nice to see this sorted out. It's normal to group fields, in terms of organization, and these fields should also show just as the non-grouped ones. Thanks!

[hking1991]

Same issue. Please fix this bug.

[blakemiller99]

+1 here. I had to pull all of my sub fields out into regular fields after realizing IE wouldn't see them. I'm assuming it's not easy, but hopefully it can be solved.

[shaneonabike]

I also noticed this issue and groups are a great way to organize fields when you have a lo to enter. It must be just a matter of determining if there are groups on an ACF field and then grabbing any data within those groups appropriately.

Basically, a santity test like $groups = acf_get_field_groups(array('post_type' => 'your-post-type')); and then

loop through any found groups $fields = apply_filters('acf/field_group/get_fields', array(), $field_group_id); end loop

[arekuki]

+1

[DigitalBerry]

+10 for this!

[chitiore]

+1

[brahimvandenbrande]

+1

[travisC]

+1

[iamhazel]

Also having this issue. I have upwards of 20 fields so field groups were a great option until I realized they are unusable ☹

[NielsFS]

Ran into the same problem, please fix 👍

[pinkbirch]

Need this too!

[bryan042092]

+1

[Noob86]

Okay, I just thought this would be a temporary bug with WP 5.6 or something, but this goes back to nov. 2019? 😱 Why hasn’t this been solved, because I agree that using groups in ACF is pretty much a necessity to keep things organized.

[jferragut]

Bump. This is occurring in the Latest versions.

Elementor PRO version 3.0.9 ACF PRO version 5.9.4

After testing further, It happens with Groups or Tabs. Individual fields are not an issue, but anything that is withing a group or tab is invisible in Elementor PRO dynamic fields.

Any ETA on this? I see this has been occurring since 2019 and here we are in 2021. @KingYes @Nevoss @udidol @matipojo

[busymick]

+1

[ghost]

+1

[task1tvs]

I’ve just spent the past 2 days creating the most beautifully organised custom fields for rental properties to discover this issue. I don’t understand what the point of having ACF Pro is if we can’t access groups/tabs.

Would really appreciate if anyone has found a work around using other plugins rather than E Pro for the solution.

[sndb010]

So I have found out that Anywhere Elementor (https://wordpress.org/plugins/anywhere-elementor/) is able to display Group and Tab Fields, however this is of course a workaround. This issue should definitely be fixed by now!

[KingMatrix1989]

Same issue. please fix this bug.

[nadworks]

+1

AE's not an option really since the ACF is needed as a native dynamic option. Also, the need for plugin after plugin just to solve relatively straight forward scenarios is getting ludicrous.

[Proktologe]

+1

elementor is expensive enough to implement more basic features - like ACF groups/repeater in tables or something ... the same applies to Submit-Forms there is a need to display ACF groups/repeater fields

[0xFlo]

Pretty obvious to me that the issue has not been fixed BECAUSE we're supposed to buy ACF PRO. I bet $49 that the "REPEATER" field (who even came up with this label?) is working just fine with Elementor Pro. The only mistake ACF has done after offering a "PRO" version is to have left the "GROUP" field for the freemium version. It is indeed unbelievable that we can not group fields in the free version and that this has been an issue for years!

[task1tvs]

I can confirm that it doesn’t work with Elementor Pro

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Pretty obvious to me that the issue has not been fixed BECAUSE we're supposed to buy ACF PRO. I bet $49 that the "REPEATER" field (who even came up with this label?) is working just fine with Elementor Pro. The only mistake ACF has done after offering a "PRO" version is to have left the "GROUP" field for the freemium version. It is indeed unbelievable that we can not group fields in the free version and that this has been an issue for years!

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[0xFlo]

What the "Repeater" field doesn't work or the "Group" field doesn't work?

[task1tvs]

I could only get it working with standard fields on top level ie not fields with sub fields. So it doesn’t work with group, repeater, accordion, tabs etc.

I had set up my back end to look so good in tabs with group fields and had to drag them all out

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What the "Repeater" field doesn't work or the "Group" field doesn't work?

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[0xFlo]

That's terrible. I've only spent a couple hours grouping the fields. I guess we'll have to find an alternative...

[digitayfun]

Does somebody read this from Elementor?

[0xFlo]

nope

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[gigiwest123]

How is this still an issue?

[svrdoljak123]

Any solutions????

[ajoah]

@svrdoljak123 for the moment the only solution is to create your own dynamic tag...

If it can help anyone, here is mine : https://gist.github.com/ajoah/35e3ca535e71677fccfdbfb7d0addb4d#file-acf_image_group_dynamictag-php It works only for image field specifically for my use but if you modify this line : https://gist.github.com/ajoah/35e3ca535e71677fccfdbfb7d0addb4d#file-acf_image_group_dynamictag-php-L191 maybe it could work on an other field type.

To make my tag, i looked elementor classes in : elementor-pro/modules/dynamic-tags/acf. As you can see there is a tag by field type.

[jaugustodias]

+1

Solved with @SoundYeti solution. Rebuild without nesting.

[Ezra-Siton-UIX]

MEGA MEGA BUG

MEGA BUG ==> very bad user experience (How someone should guess why this not working).

[sermalefico]

up!!!

[DragonsBloodKush]

If you are using button groups like I was, this might help: https://elementor.com/help/elementor-acf/ Very Painful and Expensive. Trust-loss. Hat Tip: Patrick at ACF

-- Custom ACF fields we support: Note: Any ACF fields not included in this list, such as repeater fields, are not supported at this time.

Text: ‘text’, ‘textarea’, ‘number’, ‘email’, ‘password’, ‘wysiwyg’, ‘select’, ‘checkbox’, ‘radio’, ‘true_false’,

Pro ‘oembed’, ‘google_map’, ‘date_picker’, ‘time_picker’, ‘color_picker’ ‘date’ ‘date_time_picker’

URL: ‘email’, ‘image’, ‘text, ‘file’, ‘page_link’, ‘post_object’, ‘relationship’, ‘taxonomy’, ‘Url’

Image: ‘image’ ‘gallery’

[jdev-d]

Still not working with their latest update 5.9.8

[joshuamayo]

I'm going to be honest with you guys... as much as I love Elementor, I also hate it a ton. There are so many small things like THIS that seem so obvious that are missing from the plugin. And the fact that this issue was brought up nearly 3 YEARS ago and there is no solution is unexplainably stupid. And they don't care. But you know what... there will be another plugin that comes along and eventually dethrones Elementor, and that plugin will inevitably win the battle of page builders because they will listen to their customers more.

[donstefanos]

I had the same problem and found no free solution, I use a special dynamic plugin and this also solves the problem: https://www.dynamic.ooo/widget/acf-fields/ It can handle Groups and more.

[MenschLennart]

still not working. :/ That's a shame.

[sermalefico]

Please permit search acf meta inside groups

[giordanacamargo]

no solution yet...

[Mx5jdm]

Still nothing, C'MON ELEMENTOR !!

[0xFlo]

Elementor is dead they're just milking their brand and it is going to die slowly like all the other page builders. I recommend moving away from pagebuilders like this and to use ACF + custom theme

[umer310]

add_shortcode('repeater', 'wporg_shortcode'); function wporg_shortcode( $atts = [], $content = null) { // do something to $content // always return

if(!function_exists('the_repeater_field')){
    return null;
}

$repeater  = get_post_meta( get_the_ID() , 'what_we_do', true);

ob_start();
if(!empty($repeater) ) {

    echo '<ul class="as-what-we-do-ul">';
    while( the_repeater_field('what_we_do', get_the_ID()) ) {
        echo '<li>';
        echo '<h3 class="as-what-we-do-head"> ' . get_sub_field('service_name') . '</h3><div class="service-details">';

        $service_description = get_sub_field('service_descrpatoion');
        if($service_description){
            printf('<div class="service-description">%s</div>', $service_description);
        }

        $service_link = get_sub_field('service_link');
        if($service_link){
            printf('<div class="service-link"><a href="%s" target="_blank" class="elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm" role="button">
                <span class="elementor-button-content-wrapper">
                    <span class="elementor-button-icon elementor-align-icon-right"><i aria-hidden="true" class="fas fa-external-link-alt"></i></span>
                    <span class="elementor-button-text">View</span>
                </span>
            </a></div>',
            $service_link
            );
        }
        echo '</div></li>';

    }
    echo '</li></ul>';
}

return ob_get_clean();

}

[artiemart]

+1

[valesilvestri]

I use shortcode instead acf field in dynamic tag: [acf field="group_field"] or [acf field="repeate_row_field"]. It is only a workaround and sometimes it is not enough. I hope the solution is arriving.