A collection of action hooks can be fired to disable/enable data intercept handlers when necessary. Once disabled, data will not be intercepted until re-enabled. You may fire these actions once for a global effect should you need to. How to disable data retrieval from custom database tables Disables the get field intercept do_action(‘acfcdt/disable_get_field_intercept’); // Data […]

By default, the plugin does not prevent storage of metadata to the core meta tables as doing so may introduce interoperability issues with other plugins that are dependent on metadata existing in the core meta tables. However, you may configure your site to bypass the core metatables where fields will store data in a custom […]

The plugin will attempt to automatically generate a directory to house all related files when: An ACF Field Group is saved via the WordPress admin. The table generation on that field group is active. The possible locations for this directory are: If using ACF JSON, the acf-json/database-tables directory will be created. If no acf-json directory […]

Join tables are available where required for eligible fields and can be activated using filters. The following fields are eligible for join tables: Relationship Post Object Page Link User Taxonomy Global activation It is possible to set a global setting that will enable join tables on all eligible fields. We don’t recommend this, as you […]

By default, ACF Remote Sync will list all field groups for sync — this includes field groups registered via PHP or field groups loaded via ACF JSON. If you wish to prevent local field groups from remote sync, you may use the acfrs/rest/should_export_local_field_groups filter as per the example below. add_filter( ‘acfrs/rest/should_export_local_field_groups’, ‘__return_false’ ); You may […]

You may override the field groups that render via the REST API by using the acfrs/rest/export_field_groups filter. This filter makes it possible to: Add field groups that are not already available. Remove field groups. Modify field groups and their fields in order to protect any data that should not be exposed. Examples You may use […]

By default, ACF Remote Sync will remove any field group settings associated with ACF Custom Database Tables. If you are using ACF Custom Database Tables and wish to sync these settings, you may use the the acfrs/rest/should_export_acf_custom_database_table_settings filter as per the example below. add_filter( ‘acfrs/rest/should_export_acf_custom_database_table_settings’, ‘__return_true’ ); You may place this code in your theme’s […]

The plugin will attempt to automatically generate a directory to house all related files when an ACF Field Group is saved and the table generation on that field group is active. The possible locations for this directory are: If using ACF JSON, the acf-json/database-tables directory will be created. If no acf-json directory is available, the plugin will […]

For consistency, we pass the data through ACFs 3rd party extension filters. If you need to disable this, you can do so using the following: * Thes two lines will deactivate ACFs 3rd party filters on data that is passed * to or retreived from a custom database table. They will not disable the filters […]