ACF - force fields initialize when post is created

Question

I have a post created upon user creation which is associated to that ID.

There are a long series of acf fields connected to that post: only one major issue. Those fields are not “initialized” by default but only if someone updates the specific post via backend.

Is there any solution to reproduce a “full” or a “real” post update like the one in the backend? I tried with a sort of initialization with a $wpdb update of any meta_key but no luck, and even with a post update from the front end from which any author can update their own post...

I am stuck as ACF support redirected me here as my problem was out of their scope...

Tyvm

Answer 1

found a proper way by using acf_form and acf_form_header, which basically reproduce the same functionalities of the backend.