Conflict between Layout Builder and Advanced Custom Fields Plugin

[controlyours]

I’m running into an issue where we need to use elements from the Advanced Custom Fields plugin, but when activated and trying to save meta data on a page, the Layout Builder along with all of its data disappears.

Any ideas as to why this is happening?

Thanks!

-David

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[Jason Bobich]

Hi David,

I just installed the plugin on my end and setup a custom field for pages, and everything is working good on my end. This is sort of a wild guess, but I think I might know what is happening to you.

See here: http://support.themeblvd.com/forums/topic/custom-layout-editor-refresh-issues/#post-23852

Before editing your server’s PHP config, or contacting your host to do so, you can install this plugin to confirm if this is your issue: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-max-submit-protect/

[controlyours]

Hi Jason,

Thank you for your reply. I have installed the referenced plugin and received no feedback from it when saving my page. I have also increased my

max_input_vars

value to 3000, and the issue persists.

Do you have any other ideas?

Thank you!

• This reply was modified 7 years, 2 months ago by controlyours.

[Jason Bobich]

And are you absolutely sure the issue corresponds to the Advanced Custom Fields plugin and not another plugin you’re using?

What exactly happens when the “data goes blank” and what does that mean? Can you post a screenshot?

[controlyours]

Hi Jason!

So, I ended up reverting back to before we installed ACF and tried installing again. And for some reason everything works flawlessly this time around. I’m not sure what happened or what went wrong…but this is a non-issue now. I’m sorry to have you go down the bunny trail!

-David

[Jason Bobich]

Hm, weird. Well, I’m glad you figured it out!

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