Using WP Webhooks to Zap into Custom Post Types with Advanced Custom Fields

  • Okay, so, I’m using Zapier to connect AirTable to WordPress, and I’ve been told that WP Webhooks can help with this. New AirTable record, new WordPress post–easy peasy, right? Wrong. The problem is that I’m not working with ordinary posts. I’m working with Custom Post Types (CPT) that each have their own precious unicorn set of Advanced Custom Fields (ACF). So when I go to copy-and-paste all the sweet WP Webhooks create_post accepted arguments, these CTP ACFs are nowhere to be seen. Nor, btw, is the featured image field, which is standard for all WordPress posts. So here I am, humbly prostrating myself at your altar of webhooking wisdom.

    Your help with this matter would be greatly appreciated, especially since I’ve got a small staff of eager content creators waiting on me to finish this setup for them. Thanks!

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  • Plugin Contributor Ironikus

    (@ironikus)

    Hey @albamachado – thank you a lot for your message, as well as for using our plugin!
    If I got it right, your goal is to create a post on your WordPress website using Zapier as the connector. Is that correct?

    Our plugin also supports custom post type. In case you want to create a post within a custom post type, you can simply set the post_type argument within the create_post webhook action.

    With featured image, I assume you mean the post thumbnail, correct?
    If so, you would require to set a meta value for the meta key _thumbnail_id. This field accepts the attachment id. In case you need to upload the image first on your WordPress site, we have a free extension for our pro version available here: https://ironikus.com/downloads/manage-media-files/

    I’m afraid that our default post meta logic is only available within our pro version. To see all the differences, you can compare both of the versions here: https://ironikus.com/compare-wp-webhooks-pro/

    In case you ever want to first check out what’s available within the plugin: We have a web-view of our site available that allows you to see how the plugin looks in action. Here’s the link to that: https://wp-webhooks.com/

    I hope this helps so far. If you have any further questions, feel free to reach out again. ??

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