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ACF and custom fields are partly empty on clones

Custom fields and ACF repeater values are missing or empty on cloned posts and pages.

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

5 public reports · first reported 12 March 2026 · last reported 20 July 2026

Idea report · $19 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Site owners who build with Advanced Custom Fields and other custom field tools report that clones often arrive with some values missing or empty.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 5 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.