Custom Fields on Home Page

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  • May 28, 2018 at 2:43 am #432405

    jahusdtc
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    I put in a custom field on Home page in Supreme theme for a subtitle. I don’t see it now.
    (I followed the tutorial of https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/supreme-directory-overview/ and it worked great.) I did this some time ago and haven’t revisted it since.

    I’d like to change that title, but now I can’t see it.

    Thought my screen options might have been deactivated, but don’t see that particular checkbox.

    On screen options, I see checkboxes for:

    Page Attributes Featured Image
    Discussion
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    I tried to de-activate all my non-GeoDir plugins and still don’t see the custom fields appear. (Cannot deactivate ACF — or get white screen of death.)

    Any suggestions on what I’m doing wrong?

    May 28, 2018 at 4:45 am #432408

    Guust
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    URL and WP admin details in a private reply and we will check it our for you if you like.
    Thanks

    May 28, 2018 at 5:58 pm #432492

    jahusdtc
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    May 28, 2018 at 10:42 pm #432520

    Guust
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    You are using some plugin that changes the display of the backend, and that is removing the options in the screen options. Return the admin area to default and it should all be there.

    Thanks

    May 29, 2018 at 1:12 am #432523

    jahusdtc
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    You are kind, Guust. Thank you for taking the time to look at that.

    I learned something — will pass it on to someone else who might be distressed by the disappearance of the WordPress standard custom fields.

    You were 100% right…it WAS/IS a plugin…Advanced Custom Fields. This is not the FAULT of ACF, it is the INTENT. Apparently, the plugin is to take the PLACE of WordPress’s own custom fields.

    “Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) is a free WordPress plugin that replaces the regular custom fields interface in WordPress…”

    I didn’t realize it because I’ve never tried to use ACF at the same time as I used WordPress’s standard custom fields. A learning experience.

    I determined this more easily than I had thought — using the marvelous plugin: Health Check with its trouble-shooting abilities. Really a useful tool for a developer’s toolbox.

    With Health Check, I can easily turn off ACF, go into Home Page, change the Subtitle custom field (Supreme Theme) then turn ACF back on for other use I have for it.

    But…I wonder. Is there some kind of filter I could use for the Subtitle so I could put a subtitle custom field into ACF and use it in the filter?

    As I said, with Health Check I have a perfectly viable workaround. Just wondered about the filter.

    Thanks again for giving me a pointer as to where to look. It pointed true!

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