Research doesn't work with ACF Pro custom fields

Anonymous

#110918

Ok, I tried exactly as you said, still not working.
So I made a new form with only 1 field to test it.

And I can’t understand why the search form doesn’t show the different values I entered in ACF.

I have to solve this first before setting up the search…

Anonymous

#110943

Ok, I think I found what was the issue:
Each time I make a change in the search form, all my custom post types are “forgotten” by the searchform, and the search itself…
So I have to re-create my posts after any change in the form.
Is it normal ?

Ross Moderator

#111024

Hi there

S&F has a cache which it uses to search.

Significant changes to the search form, will cause the cache to be wiped, and rebuilt.

You can see hte progress of this by editing any search form (and checking cache progress top right, above “publish” metabox).

Does this sound like what you mean?

Might be useful to know what triggers the search form:

Adding / removing / changing key of meta fields (other changes within the fields are fine)
Changing settings in “general” tab
Adding / removing Taxonomies and other field types should not cause cache to reset

The next version of S&F will have a much smarter caching system – so that when you remvoe a field, on the data associated with that field will be removed from teh cache – so no more full rebuilds.

Hope that makes sense, if I’ve missed anything please let me know.

Best

Anonymous

#114500

Hi, I got the cache thing, no worries.
I now have a new issue:
My custom fields aren’t appearing in the field list.
The custom post type has 22 custom fields, is there a limit concerning the number of fields ?
(I tried to rebuild the cache several times… no change!)
If you want to see by yourself, your access is still existing.
Thanks,
François

Trevor

#114502

Could list the 22 fields and indicate (maybe a *) which ones do not show in the form design Post Meta element meta key names dropdown?

Anonymous

#114506

None of the fields was displaying.
I found out why: I just had 0 CPT created…

Anyway, thanks for the support & this plugin.
Can’t wait for the new version 🙂

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