#Permissions
ACF Extended adds a new layer of display control for Field Groups. You can choose which roles can see the Field Group in the “Post Edit” screen. By default none are selected, which means all roles can interact with it.
To enable this feature, the Field Group Advanced Settings must be turned on.
Note: Keep in mind that once activated, the Field Group Permissions will totally remove the Field Group from the “Post Edit” screen for the unselected roles. That means fields won’t be submitted & processed during submissions actions like acf/save_post or acf/update_value.
Render this title on edit post screen
Field groups with a lower order will appear first
Shown in field group list
Select items to hide them from the edit screen.
Select user roles that are allowed to view and edit this field group in post edition
View raw field group data.
Array
(
[ID] => 37
[key] => group_5f20935b9a777
[title] => Field Group
[fields] => Array()
[location] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[param] => post_type
[operator] => ==
[value] => post
)
)
)
[menu_order] => 0
[position] => normal
[style] => default
[label_placement] => left
[instruction_placement] => acfe_instructions_tooltip
[hide_on_screen] => Array()
[active] => 1
[description] =>
[acfe_display_title] =>
[acfe_autosync] =>
[acfe_permissions] =>
[acfe_meta] => Array()
[acfe_note] =>
[_valid] => 1
)WP_Post Object
(
[ID] => 37
[post_author] => 1
[post_date] => 2020-07-28 23:06:48
[post_date_gmt] => 2020-07-28 21:06:48
[post_content] => a:13:{s:8:"location";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{i:0;a:3:{s:5:"param";s:9:"post_type";s:8:"operator";s:2:"==";s:5:"value";s:4:"post";}}}s:8:"position";s:6:"normal";s:5:"style";s:7:"default";s:15:"label_placement";s:4:"left";s:21:"instruction_placement";s:25:"acfe_instructions_tooltip";s:14:"hide_on_screen";a:1:{i:0;s:11:"the_content";}s:11:"description";s:0:"";s:18:"acfe_display_title";s:0:"";s:13:"acfe_autosync";s:0:"";s:16:"acfe_permissions";s:0:"";s:9:"acfe_form";i:0;s:9:"acfe_meta";a:2:{s:13:"5f3a7307cc3ba";a:2:{s:13:"acfe_meta_key";s:3:"foo";s:15:"acfe_meta_value";s:3:"bar";}s:13:"5f3a730dcc3bb";a:2:{s:13:"acfe_meta_key";s:3:"key";s:15:"acfe_meta_value";s:5:"value";}}s:9:"acfe_note";s:0:"";}
[post_title] => Field Group
[post_excerpt] => field-group
[post_status] => publish
[comment_status] => closed
[ping_status] => closed
[post_password] =>
[post_name] => group_5f20935b9a777
[to_ping] =>
[pinged] =>
[post_modified] => 2020-08-17 14:07:55
[post_modified_gmt] => 2020-08-17 12:07:55
[post_content_filtered] =>
[post_parent] => 0
[guid] => /?post_type=acf-field-group&p=37
[menu_order] => 0
[post_type] => acf-field-group
[post_mime_type] =>
[comment_count] => 0
[filter] => raw
)Add personal note. Only visible to administrators
#Set Settings in PHP
It is possible to set this setting in PHP using the acf/load_field_group hook. Note that this hook is used everywhere, including in ACF admin and tools screen. Which means the setting will be used when exporting the field group.
To avoid that behavior, you can use the acfe_is_admin_screen() function as condition. Usage example:
add_filter('acf/load_field_group', 'my_acf_field_group');
function my_acf_field_group($field_group){
// bail early if in acf admin/tool screen
if(acfe_is_admin_screen()){
return $field_group;
}
// target a specific key
if($field_group['key'] === 'group_5f20935b9a777'){
// set roles
$field_group['acfe_permissions'][] = 'administrator';
}
// return
return $field_group;
}#Retrieve Settings
Permissions settings are saved in the Field Group array, under acfe_permissions key. It can be retrieved using acf_get_field_group(). Usage example:
$field_group = acf_get_field_group('group_5f20935b9a777'); /* * [instruction_placement] => label * [hide_on_screen] => * ... * [acfe_permissions] => Array * ( * [0] => administrator * [1] => editor * ) * ... */
