Title: Quick and Easy Post creation for ACF Relationship Fields
Author: Cyril Batillat
Published: <strong>July 22, 2016</strong>
Last modified: September 15, 2016

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# Quick and Easy Post creation for ACF Relationship Fields

 By [Cyril Batillat](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cyrilbatillat/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/quick-and-easy-post-creation-for-acf-relationship-fields.zip)

 * [Details](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/quick-and-easy-post-creation-for-acf-relationship-fields/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/quick-and-easy-post-creation-for-acf-relationship-fields/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/quick-and-easy-post-creation-for-acf-relationship-fields/#installation)
 * [Development](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/quick-and-easy-post-creation-for-acf-relationship-fields/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/quick-and-easy-post-creation-for-acf-relationship-fields/)

## Description

This plugin is a excellent companion of ACF (Advanced Custom Fields).

When dealing with ‘Relationship’ or ‘Post Object’ fields (which links a post to 
one or multiple other posts), you often stumble on having to link to a post that
does not exist yet. This is a frustrating and time-consuming experience: you have
to save the content you were working on, then create the new post, and finally reload
your primary content to be able to link to the newly created post.

This plugin simplifies this process by allowing you to create the related posts 
on the fly.

> 
> #### PRO version
> 
> This plugin is only compatible with the **free** version of Advanced Custom Fields.
> 
> [A PRO version](https://codecanyon.net/item/quick-and-easy-post-creation-for-acf-relationship-fields-pro/17201274),
> compatible with ACF PRO, [can be purchased here](https://codecanyon.net/item/quick-and-easy-post-creation-for-acf-relationship-fields-pro/17201274).

#### Translations

This plugin is actually translated in the following languages:

 * English
 * French

Feel free to help me to enhance existing translations or to propose other languages.

#### Support

Please use [the dedicated forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/quick-and-easy-post-creation-for-acf-relationship-fields)
for any bug or improvement suggestion.

### Credits

Thanks to Elliot Condon for his amazing plugin Advanced Custom Fields

## Screenshots

[⌊Enable post creation on your 'Relationship' or 'Post Object' Field, in ACF settings⌉⌊
Enable post creation on your 'Relationship' or 'Post Object' Field, in ACF settings⌉[

Enable post creation on your ‘Relationship’ or ‘Post Object’ Field, in ACF settings

[⌊Notice the button that allows you to create a new content (in this case, a new
album)⌉⌊Notice the button that allows you to create a new content (in this case,
a new album)⌉[

Notice the button that allows you to create a new content (in this case, a new album)

[⌊The new post can be created in a dedicated popup. Fill the fields as you would
have done normally, and publish the post.⌉⌊The new post can be created in a dedicated
popup. Fill the fields as you would have done normally, and publish the post.⌉[

The new post can be created in a dedicated popup. Fill the fields as you would have
done normally, and publish the post.

[⌊The new post is added in your relationship field⌉⌊The new post is added in your
relationship field⌉[

The new post is added in your relationship field

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory, or install the
    plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

#### Once activated

You can enable on-the-fly post creation on a field basis.

 1. In your ACF Field Groups, locate the field you want to enable on-the-fly post creation.
 2. Check “Yes” on the field setting “Display a link to create content on the fly?”
 3. That’s all. Now, while editing your content, you’ll see a button next to your field
    to create a new post (see Screenshots section)

## FAQ

  Is it compatible with Advanced Custom Fields PRO version?

No. A PRO version of `Quick and Easy Post creation for ACF Relationship Fields` 
plugin, compatible with ACF PRO, [can be purchased here](https://codecanyon.net/item/quick-and-easy-post-creation-for-acf-relationship-fields-pro/17201274).

  Can we make the lightbox wider?

Unfortunately not for the moment. This will be a possible enhancement when [this bug](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/27473)
will be fixed.

  Does this add-on handle bidirectional relationships?

Bidirectional relationships are out of the scope of this add-on. However, [the ACF documentation](https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/bidirectional-relationships/)
gives a great example to achieve this.

  Is it possible to pre-populate a child field depending on the parent from where
it’s been created?

Yes it is. This add-on loads the child post form in an iframe with some additional
URL params:

 1. acf_rc_from_content_type: the post type of your parent post.
 2. acf_rc_from_content_ID: the ID of your parent post.

You can use these URL params to pre-populate an ACF field on your child post. Example:

    ```
    <?php
    add_filter('acf/load_field/name=${NAME_OF_YOUR_ACF_FIELD}', 'populate_acf_field' );
    function populate_acf_field( $field ) {
        if( !empty( $_REQUEST['acf_rc_from_content_type'] ) && $_REQUEST['acf_rc_from_content_type'] == '${YOUR_PARENT_CONTENT_TYPE}' && !empty( $_REQUEST['acf_rc_from_content_ID'] ) ) {
            $field['value'] = 'whatever you want';
        }
        return $field;
    }
    ```

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[No bidirectionnal relation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-bidirectionnal-relation/)󠁿

 [karnabal](https://profiles.wordpress.org/karnabal/) September 3, 2016 1 reply

Hi, Nice plugin, but it would be a 5 stars one if it would support bidirectionnal
relationships (like in Advanced Custom Fields: 2-Way Post Relation). It would be
very usefull, when a user creates an album by filling an artist page, that the artist
appears in the album edit page. Do you think this extension could evoluate in this
direction?

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## Contributors & Developers

“Quick and Easy Post creation for ACF Relationship Fields” is open source software.
The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Cyril Batillat ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cyrilbatillat/)

[Translate “Quick and Easy Post creation for ACF Relationship Fields” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/quick-and-easy-post-creation-for-acf-relationship-fields)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quick-and-easy-post-creation-for-acf-relationship-fields/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/quick-and-easy-post-creation-for-acf-relationship-fields/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/quick-and-easy-post-creation-for-acf-relationship-fields/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/quick-and-easy-post-creation-for-acf-relationship-fields/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.2

Compatibility with translate.wordpress.org

#### 2.1

 * Plugin review invitation

#### 2.0

 * Now supporting ‘Post Object’ fields ! 🙂
 * Fix CSS bugs in tooltip positioning

#### 1.2

 * Core: Add a link to the PRO version of this plugin when detecting ACF PRO version.

#### 1.1

 * Bug fix: plugin was not working with relationship fields on attachments (in media
   modal)

#### 1.0

 * First release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.2**
 *  Last updated **10 years ago**
 *  Active installations **30+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.6.30**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/quick-and-easy-post-creation-for-acf-relationship-fields/)
 * Tags
 * [acf](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/acf/)[advanced custom fields](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/advanced-custom-fields/)
   [field](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/field/)[post object](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-object/)
   [relationship](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/relationship/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://frp.wordpress.org/plugins/quick-and-easy-post-creation-for-acf-relationship-fields/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Cyril Batillat ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cyrilbatillat/)

## Support

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