How can I get a field from ACF in TablePress?

I found a solution with the help of AI! I needed to output a dynamic field from arbitrary record types page=theme-general-settings in the TablePress table.

To output data from the ACF Theme Options settings page (where page=theme-general-settings) to TablePress, you need to slightly change the shortcode.

The main difference between ACF Theme Options is that instead of a specific post_id, the 'options' parameter is used to receive data.

1. Add a special shortcode

Add this code to functions.php your topic:

// Шорткод для вывода полей из ACF Theme Options: [acf_option field="имя_поля"]
add_shortcode('acf_option', function($atts) {
    $atts = shortcode_atts(array(
        'field' => '',
    ), $atts);

    if (empty($atts['field'])) return '';

    // Получаем значение именно из настроек темы ('options')
    $value = get_field($atts['field'], 'options');

    // Если значение — массив (например, поле "Изображение" или "Выбор"), преобразуем в строку
    if (is_array($value)) {
        return isset($value['url']) ? $value['url'] : implode(', ', $value);
    }

    return $value ? $value : '';
});

2. How to insert into TablePress

Now insert a short command into any cell of your table.:

[acf_option field="phone_number"] — where phone_number is the name (ID) of the field that you specified in the ACF settings.

Why is it convenient for “General Settings”:

• Globality: You can enter the phone number or address in the theme settings once, and it will be updated in all tables of TablePress at once.

• Simplicity: You don’t need to know the page or record ID, just the field name.

An important caveat:

If your field in the ACF is a “Group” or a “Repeater”, the usual output via get_field will return an array and may not be displayed correctly.

If you have a simple text field, rather than a complex element (picture/list), there is another code.

1. Add the code to functions.php

Make sure that this code is added (it is as simplified as possible for the text):

add_shortcode('acf_option', function($atts) {
    $atts = shortcode_atts(array('field' => ''), $atts);
    if (empty($atts['field'])) return '';

    // 'options' — это стандартный идентификатор для ACF Theme Options
    return get_field($atts['field'], 'options');
});

2. Insert it into the TablePress

Go to edit your table and write in the appropriate cell: [acf_option field="your_slug_field"]

Don’t thank me.

• This reply was modified 1 month ago by prizraki. Reason: There is a solution :))