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Trevor

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Trevor

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#227395

In case it helps, the way the ACF field populates the Title is with a shortcode I created in functions.php:

function mcl_get_title(){
    global $wp_query;

    return get_the_title($wp_query->post->ID);
}
add_shortcode('postTitle', 'mcl_get_title');

So I have added the shortcode [postTitle] as default value in the field and I am expecting it to store the title as meta. It works on the front end. When I add the shortcode in a post it renders the post title.

Eventually once everything works I will hide the ACF metabox (seamless) so that the cient doesn’t mess up anything.

Trevor

#227403

Ah. That will be why it isn’t working. Instead, you need to have code in the functions.php based on the WordPress save_post() function that copies the title into that post meta field.

The search looks for what you want:

https://www.google.com/search?q=functions.php+save_post+copy+post+title+to+custom+field+site:wordpress.stackexchange.com

But, the answers show how to copy the opposite way, but the logic can be reversed.

Anonymous

#227467

That was the problem you were right. It’s all fixed now, you can mark this as resolved.

Being able to do this with the click of a button would be a great feature for this plugin. A search by title feature.

Thanks a lot for your help.

Trevor

#227473

I believe it will be possible in V3. Thanks for letting me know. I will close this thread for now.

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