Show advanced custom field value in custom column (wp_list_table)

Question

I made a custom post type named address and added values to it with the plugin advanced custom fields. I would like to display those values in a custom column in the wp-list-table.

So I managed to add a column to the custom post type(address) called views. With the code below.

add_filter('manage_edit-address_columns', 'my_columns');
function my_columns($columns) {
  $columns['views'] = 'Views';
  return $columns;
}

Now I wanted to fill this column (views) with the data from the advanced custom field wich I made and called 'reserveer_url_theater_terra' (it's a url field) and bound to the custom post type address, but it just shows an empty column 'views' without the values from 'reserveer_url_theater_terra' field . What am I doing wrong, could someone point me in the right direction? Should I be using wpdb to get the values? Or is there somthing else I should do? Thank you in advance.

add_action('manage_posts_custom_column',  'my_show_columns');
function my_show_columns($name) {
global $post;
switch ($name) {
    case 'views':
        $views = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'reserveer_url_theater_terra', true);
        echo $views;
  }
}

I tried using get_field as Zork suggested, but I still could not get it to work.

$views = get_field('reserveer_url_theater_terra', $post->ID);

I've two ideas on that: 1. Make sure that add_action is fired sometime after init. ACF api-calls don't work before. 2. Try using get_field() instead of get_post_meta() — zork media

Izzy Izzy · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-28T22:24:13

I found the answer to my question it looks like my filter, action and functions where not named properly. I did not add the custom post type(address) correctly(stupid) and everywhere needed. After doing so, everything started working fine. Thanks for the help.

add_action("manage_address_posts_custom_column",  "address_custom_columns");
add_filter("manage_edit-address_columns", "address_edit_columns");

function address_edit_columns($columns){
  $columns = array(
    "cb" => "<input type=\"checkbox\" />",
    "title" => "Titel",
    "theater" => "Theater",
    "plaats" => "Plaats",
    "datum" => "Datum",
);

return $columns;
 } function address_custom_columns($column){
 global $post;

 switch ($column) {
    case "theater":
        the_field('theater', $post->ID );
        break;
    case "plaats":
        the_field('plaatss', $post->ID );
        break;
    case "datum":
        the_field('datum', $post->ID );
        break;

    }
}

Show advanced custom field value in custom column (wp_list_table)

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