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ACF fields return null or empty in GraphQL

ACF field values come back null or missing from GraphQL queries, including mutations and options page data.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

3 public reports · first reported 8 December 2023 · last reported 2 April 2025

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Site owners who use Advanced Custom Fields with the GraphQL plugin report that fields show in the query editor but return null or empty values.

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 3 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.