# Action "Register Post Type" does not activate custom fields for CPT

**URL:** <https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/action-register-post-type-does-not-activate-custom-fields-for-cpt/8962>\
**Category:** Pinegrow WordPress Plugin\
**Tags:** bug\
**Created:** [June 24, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/action-register-post-type-does-not-activate-custom-fields-for-cpt/8962 "2024-06-24T10:29:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![MichelyWeb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/michelyweb/32/6652_2.png) [@MichelyWeb](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/MichelyWeb)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/action-register-post-type-does-not-activate-custom-fields-for-cpt/8962/1 "2024-06-24T10:29:13Z")

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I am not sure, if this is a bug or if I’m doing doing it wrong:

 ![CleanShot 2024-06-24 at 12.14.21@2x](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/6/623c43404166c0209e290adc0db40c7e666f2947.png)

 ![CleanShot 2024-06-24 at 12.16.03@2x](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/e/e2341295da0baadba89b63f4d06caabc771910ad.png)

When disabling REST API (for disabling Gutenberg) the custom fields are also not available.

How to solve this?

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**Author:** ![MichelyWeb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/michelyweb/32/6652_2.png) [@MichelyWeb](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/MichelyWeb)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/action-register-post-type-does-not-activate-custom-fields-for-cpt/8962/2 "2024-06-24T12:28:34Z")

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System-Info:

- WP 6.5.4
- Pinegrow WP Plugin 1.0.18

Also tested the same Project (exported form WP) with Pinegrow Version 7.93 (MacOS) with same result.

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**Author:** ![matjaz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/matjaz/32/5_2.png) [@matjaz](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/matjaz)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 7:02am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/action-register-post-type-does-not-activate-custom-fields-for-cpt/8962/3 "2024-07-02T07:02:02Z")

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@MichelyWeb are you using ACF? [php - WordPress Custom Fields tab gone after installing ACF Pro plugin - Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65156542/wordpress-custom-fields-tab-gone-after-installing-acf-pro-plugin)

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**Author:** ![MichelyWeb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/michelyweb/32/6652_2.png) [@MichelyWeb](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/MichelyWeb)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/action-register-post-type-does-not-activate-custom-fields-for-cpt/8962/4 "2024-07-02T07:15:27Z")

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Thanks @matjaz. With this code from the linked stackoverflow i now can toogle the (core) custom fields:

```auto
function my_acf_init() {
    acf_update_setting('remove_wp_meta_box', false);
}

add_action('acf/init', 'my_acf_init');

```

Again learned something new. 😀