Advanced Custom Fields: acf-post-type-selector Field

• Contributors: @timkinperry, @shaunbent
• Tags: ACF, Post Type Selector
• Requires at least: 3.4
• Tested up to: 4.0.1
• Stable tag: trunk
• License: GPLv2 or later
• License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Description

Provides the option to select a single or multiple post types

Compatibility

This add-on will work with:

• version 5 and up
• version 4 and up
• version 3 and bellow

Installation

This add-on can be treated as both a WP plugin and a theme include.

Plugin

1. Copy the 'acf-post-type-selector' folder into your plugins folder
2. Activate the plugin via the Plugins admin page

Include

1. Copy the 'acf-post-type-selector' folder into your theme folder (can use sub folders). You can place the folder anywhere inside the 'wp-content' directory

2. Edit your functions.php file and add the code below (Make sure the path is correct to include the acf-post-type-selector.php file)

    add_action( 'acf/register_fields', 'my_register_fields' );
   
    function my_register_fields() {
   
         include_once( 'acf-post-type-selector}/acf-post-type-selector.php' );
   
    }
   

Usage

Get Field Value

$post_type_var = 'post_type';
$post_type = get_sub_field( $post_type_var );

Get Field Value and Display Label

<?php
// get post type fields
$post_type_var = 'post_type';
$post_type = get_sub_field( $post_type_var );

// get post type label
$post_type_object = get_post_type_object( $post_type ); ?>

<li><a href="<?php echo get_post_type_archive_link( $post_type ); ?>"><?php echo $post_type_object->label; ?></a></li>

Changelog

0.0.1

• Initial Release.