ACF not showing after running loops

Question

In the below code, I call fields from Advanced Custom Fields plugin and only the first two show 'home_title' and 'home_content'. After these two I run two different loops to show the latest posts in a given category. After those loops run there are 4 more fields from ACF called. 'donate_title' , 'donate_content' , 'mission_title' , 'mission_content'. Which are not showing up (not pulling any content at all).

If I move these ACF before running the loops they all show up correctly. So I imagine there is a problem with these following the loops but cannot find the reason.

<div class="main-site">
<div class="home-title-1">
<?php the_field('home_title'); ?>
</div>
<div class="home-content-1">
<?php the_field('home_content'); ?>
</div>

<div class="home-boxes-cont">
<div class="box-left">
<?php
query_posts('cat=4&posts_per_page=1');
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
    <div class="bl-img">
    </div>
    <div class="bl-title">
    <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
    </div>
    <div class="bl-content">
    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
    </div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</div>

<div class="box-middle">
<?php
query_posts('cat=5&posts_per_page=1');
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
    <div class="bm-img">
    </div>
    <div class="bm-title">
    <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
    </div>
    <div class="bm-content">
    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
    </div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</div>

<div class="box-right">
    <div class="br-img">
    </div>
    <div class="br-title">
    <?php the_field('donate_title'); ?>
    </div>
    <div class="br-content">
    <?php the_field('donate_content'); ?>
    </div>
</div>
</div>

<div class="mission-title">
    <?php the_field('mission_title'); ?>
</div>
<div class="mission-content">
    <?php the_field("mission_content"); ?>
</div>

Ok. Try storing them all in variables at the top of your code, and then echoing them out wherever you need them. — danjah
– danjah, Commented Nov 13, 2015 at 18:11
I tried adding it as a variable up top in: <?php $dt = get_field('donate_title'); ?> Then <?php echo '$dt'; ?> and am only getting the $dt to show — Ryeboflaven
– Ryeboflaven, Commented Nov 13, 2015 at 18:22

johnnyd23 · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-13 21:31:01Z

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In order to get custom field data from the original post after altering the global post data with your query_posts() calls, you need to reset your post data with the wp_reset_query() function. Place this function after each loop -

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

...

<?php endwhile; wp_reset_query(); ?>

answered Nov 13, 2015 at 21:31

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Ryeboflaven Over a year ago

Thanks Johnny, I was trying some of the other options but this was the easiest and got me what I needed.

Scriptonomy · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-13 18:14:46Z

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You are altering the global wp_query variable. When you do that and the the result is not is_single() then you cannot pull any ACF settings any longer.

Either reset the wp_query to its original setting for the page or store the vars in an array before you make any wp_query changes, and retrieve them as needed later in the code.

answered Nov 13, 2015 at 18:14

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Daniel C · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-13 19:07:37Z

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While I agree with Scriptonomy, you should really just use get_posts(). This is exactly what this function is designed to do... custom loops outside the main loop. You should rarely ever need to modify the global wp_query variable.

If you still want to use the_permalink() and the_title() without passing a post id, then scroll down the page to the section labeled "Access all post data" and you'll see how to use setup_postdata() to make it easier.

answered Nov 13, 2015 at 19:07

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