Plugin

1. Copy the 'acf-post-type-selector' folder into your plugins folder
2. Activate the plugin via the Plugins admin page

Include

1. Copy the 'acf-post-type-selector' folder into your theme folder (can use sub folders). You can place the folder anywhere inside the 'wp-content' directory
2. Edit your functions.php file and add the code below (Make sure the path is correct to include the acf-post-type-selector.php file)

   add_action( 'acf/register_fields', 'my_register_fields' );
   
   function my_register_fields() {
   
        include_once( 'acf-post-type-selector}/acf-post-type-selector.php' );
   
   }
   

Usage

Get Field Value

$post_type_var = 'post_type';
$post_type = get_sub_field( $post_type_var );

Get Field Value and Display Label

<?php
// get post type fields
$post_type_var = 'post_type';
$post_type = get_sub_field( $post_type_var );

// get post type label
$post_type_object = get_post_type_object( $post_type ); ?>

<li><a href="<?php echo get_post_type_archive_link( $post_type ); ?>"><?php echo $post_type_object->label; ?></a></li>