Title: Fields no longer editable
Last modified: December 4, 2017
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# Fields no longer editable
* [stoptheboring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stoptheboring/)
* (@stoptheboring)
* [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fields-no-longer-editable/)
* Hi there,
As of today, I am no longer able to edit my custom field at all. We
have been using the plugin to display different quotes on our product pages for
about a year now and randomly today, the box is grayed out on the admin side
and we can’t change anything or add any new quotes to new products. I have not
changed anything at all and haven’t added any new plugins. An example of a page
on our site with a quote in lime green below the product description (There are
over 600 pages using this plugin): [https://www.stoptheboring.com/product/t-bone-steak-glass-blown-ornament/](https://www.stoptheboring.com/product/t-bone-steak-glass-blown-ornament/)
* Thanks for your help! This is something that we really need!
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* [tcequipment](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcequipment/)
* (@tcequipment)
* [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fields-no-longer-editable/#post-9747188)
* Hi,
* We have the same problem at the back end we cannot use the admin fields in our
products anymore after the last update..
* Best regards,
* Plugin Author [Saravana Kumar K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mycholan/)
* (@mycholan)
* [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fields-no-longer-editable/#post-9749782)
* Hi, in that field’s configuration, please check for the “Read Only” option, whether
it has been set to “Show as Read Only” or “Show as Normal”, it should be “Show
as Normal”.
* [tcequipment](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcequipment/)
* (@tcequipment)
* [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fields-no-longer-editable/#post-9751290)
* Hi Saravana,
yes wel did this and works but I need to change a more than 100
fields. is there a bulk change possible?
* and normaly this “Show as Read Only” or “Show as Normal” is or was an option
for the front end. will this be the same?
* Plugin Author [Saravana Kumar K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mycholan/)
* (@mycholan)
* [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fields-no-longer-editable/#post-9751312)
* No problem, I will post a snippet for the bulk update shortly.
* [tcequipment](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcequipment/)
* (@tcequipment)
* [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fields-no-longer-editable/#post-9751327)
* ok Perfect!
* Plugin Author [Saravana Kumar K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mycholan/)
* (@mycholan)
* [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fields-no-longer-editable/#post-9751870)
* Create a Page in your Back end Admin, name of the page should be `Migrate`.
* Create a `.php` file in your active theme directory, name of the file should
be `page-migrate.php`
* place the below snippet on that file.
* ```
/* Fetching all the fields factory admin post */
$posts = get_posts(array('post_type'=>'wccaf', 'posts_per_page'=>-1));
if( count( $posts ) > 0 ) {
/* Go through each post */
foreach( $posts as $post ) {
setup_postdata( $post );
$_pid = absint( $post->ID );
/* Fetch all fields from a post */
$meta = get_post_meta( $_pid);
/* Iterate through each field */
foreach ( $meta as $key => $val ) {
if ( preg_match( '/"wccaf_"/', $key ) ) {
if ( $key != 'wccaf_condition_rules' &&
$key != 'wccaf_location_rules' &&
$key != 'wccaf_group_rules' &&
$key != 'wccaf_pricing_rules' &&
$key != 'wccaf_fee_rules' &&
$key != 'wccaf_sub_fields_group_rules' ) {
/* Decoade the meta of a single field */
$field = json_decode( $val[0], true );
if ($field && isset($field["show_as_read_only"])) {
/* Update the read only proprty */
$field["show_as_read_only"] = "no";
/* Update the meta */
update_post_meta( $_pid, $key, wp_slash( json_encode( $field ) ) );
echo ''. $key .' updated successfully.
';
}
}
}
}
}
}
```
* Now from the browser call that page `http://your-site-url.com/migrate`
* That call will execute the snippet on the `page-migrate.php`, once done delete
that file from your active theme directory.
* Check your admin fields whether the fields are updated.
* **Caution**: I haven’t tested the snippet, though it doesn’t contain anything
that can corrupt your fields.
- This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by [Saravana Kumar K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mycholan/).
* [tcequipment](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tcequipment/)
* (@tcequipment)
* [8 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fields-no-longer-editable/#post-9752208)
* Hi,
* I tried it a few times but it doesn’t change to Show as Normal.
only if I make
a new Field it is on Normal automatically(i believe it was already standard.
* best regards,
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