The search form is here. It is part of the WP_List_Table class and is not replaceable as far as I can tell. However, you are talking about a livesearch which is necessarily Javascript. Carefully written Javascript should be able to hijack that form. You should not need to replace it.
As I said in a comment above, setting query_var => false for the custom taxonomy is not a solution because this will make term pages in frontend return a 404 error. Renounce to term pages in the frontend to make a simple form to work is far away to be a solution. Finally I’ve solved … Read more
You will need to create two queries. The first will be one that pulls all of the custom post types in the search query. $args = array( ‘post_type’ => YOUR-POST-TYPE, ‘posts_per_page’ => ‘-1’, ‘s’ => get_search_query(), ); $sort_query = new WP_Query($args); $included_results = array(); You will then have to probably print out your results so … Read more
To get you started: you can make a custom form (I never worked with wp_dropdown_categories). When the form is submitted, it gets the input variables and uses them in the query. The form could be something like: <form action=”http://example.com/resultspage” method=”post”> <select name=”categories”> <option value=”categoryname1″></option> <option value=”categoryname2″></option> <option value=”categoryname3″></option> </select> <select name=”tags”> <option value=”tagname1″></option> <option value=”tagname2″></option> … Read more
Thanks to @Pat J i removed the syntax that was causing me problems. For those who are interested, inside the Search Everything plugin, on line 198 – 221 there is the following function: function se_search_default() { global $wpdb; $n = ( isset( $this->query_instance->query_vars[‘exact’] ) && $this->query_instance->query_vars[‘exact’] ) ? ” : ‘%’; $search=””; $seperator=””; $terms = … Read more
Creating custom search is not the easiest of tasks for beginners. You will need templates search.php and searchform.php – View Codex. You can then edit searchform.php and add any fields you need. When the user submits the form it will also add any extra fields you have – so your search url may look something … Read more
I figured out the answer to my own question (finally!). I’m using the NineToFive template and I guess by default there’s a limit on the number of search results that’s returned (I’m not sure if that’s a WordPress default; maybe someone can clarify that). I changed my query to this: $s = new WP_Query(array(‘s’ => … Read more
pre_get_posts is an action, not a filter. Change this: add_filter(‘pre_get_posts’,’searchfilter’); to this: add_action(‘pre_get_posts’,’searchfilter’); You also don’t need to return $query. See documentation for pre_get_posts: http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/pre_get_posts
For now I’ve just redirected the default search string (www.sitedomain.com/?s=keyword) to www.sitedomain.com/trade/keyword, (trade is my custom taxonomy) although I’m pretty sure this isn’t the correct or best way to do it so it’d be great if someone else has a better solution. Here is the code for redirecting the search string: function redirect_search() { if … Read more
When you omit the action attribute from the form tag, it defaults to the current URL. Give an explicit URL for the form’s action to direct it to a specific URL- <form class=”form-inline” role=”search” action=”<?php echo home_url( “https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/” ); ?>”>