README

An Advanced Custom Fields field which generates a unique ID value.

While this library was originally developer for use in repeaters where each field in a repeater block needs to be given a persistent unique ID, it can be used anywhere an automatically-generated unique ID is required.

Installation

composer require philipnewcomer/acf-unique-id-field

Usage

Call the ACF_Field_Unique_ID static method init() to activate it.

PhilipNewcomer\ACF_Unique_ID_Field\ACF_Field_Unique_ID::init();

Select the "Unique ID" field type when using the ACF GUI.

When editing a post, unique IDs will be generated on the initial save.

Notes

IDs will be generated in the following format:

59885be6f2289