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Description:
When adding two or more Filter elements linked to ACF custom fields on the same page, the Builder crashes and becomes unresponsive. A single ACF filter works fine.
Steps to reproduce:
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Fresh WordPress install with only Bricks and ACF active (no other plugins)
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Create a simple ACF field group with any field type
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Create a page with a Query Loop and one Filter element linked to an ACF field → works fine
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Add a second Filter element linked to any ACF field → Builder crashes immediately
Expected behavior: Multiple Filter elements linked to ACF fields should work without issues.
Actual behavior: The Builder becomes unresponsive as soon as a second ACF filter is added. The browser shows “Page unresponsive” and multiple admin-ajax.php requests fail or are cancelled.
Tested on:
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Bricks 2.1.4 → crashes
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Bricks 2.2 → crashes
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Bricks 2.3.1 → crashes
Environment:
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WordPress 6.9.4
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ACF 6.8.0
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PHP 8.4
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No other plugins active
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Reproducible on both local and production environments
Additional notes: The crash happens specifically when selecting an ACF field as the filter source. The admin-ajax.php requests triggered by the filter index generation fail and return no response. Notably, the Bricks 2.3.1 changelog mentions a fix for “Filter – Select: Not working if only 1 filter element on the page” — this may be related.