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Link to search page without search parameter

Create a file search.php inside your theme-folder. In this file you can design the search page and its functionality. Typically search page looks like this, <?php /** * The template for displaying search results pages * * @link https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/template-hierarchy/#search-result * * @package Torba_Market */ get_header(); ?> <div class=”container”> <section id=”primary” class=”content-area”> <main id=”main” class=”site-main” role=”main”> … Read more

WordPress post sorting with AJAX

So This is long question so giving you a simple example that will work fo Step 1) Cat1 cat2 cat3 for this first you need to call custom taxonomy in a form Step 2) Assume you have cat1 cat2 as an checkbox with value of custom taxonomy id Step 3) Add a click event Step … Read more

Extending search query with additional $sentence value

Gladly I’ve written two plugins for that yesterday: Filter/Core That’s what a search query part looks like inside the posts_search filter: ‘ AND (((wp_XX_posts.post_title LIKE ‘%test%’) OR (wp_XX_posts.post_content LIKE ‘%test%’))) ‘ where wp_XX_ is just the $wpdb->prefix for my WPSE test site inside my local MU installation. Plugin #1 – drop searching post types that … Read more

Is there a more efficient admin search function/plugin?

Altering the WHERE clause There’s a filter named posts_search that allows to filter the SQL WHERE clause used for the query during search (when WP_Query::is_search() returns true and WP_Query->s is set): add_filter( ‘posts_search’, ‘wpse134392PostsSearchSQL’, 20, 2 ); function wpse134392PostsSearchSQL( $sql, $wp_query ) { // Alter SQL clause here return $where; } Custom ORDERBY To intercept … Read more

Custom post type admin search

Take a look at my answer to how to filter post listing (in WP dashboard posts listing) using a custom field (search functionality) ? Its just what you are looking for.

Custom slug in front of search URL

None of the above worked for me. Found another solution by overwriting the search rewrite rules using the search_rewrite_rules filter. 1 – Add this to the functions.php of your theme: add_filter( ‘search_rewrite_rules’, function($rules) { $new_rules = []; // New search slug here $new_search_slug = ‘zoeken’; foreach ($rules AS $key => $value){ $new_rules[str_replace(‘search’, $new_search_slug, $key)] = … Read more

Search by Post ID and display content of the post in search result

Put any of the filters in the functions.php Using pre get posts // Filter the search page add_filter(‘pre_get_posts’, ‘search_pre_get_posts’); function search_pre_get_posts($query) { // Verify that we are on the search page that that this came from the event search form if($query->query_vars[‘s’] != ” && is_search()) { // If “s” is a positive integer, assume post … Read more

Custom search: by post data and post metadata?

The built-in WP search looks only a Posts’/Pages’ Title and Content, not thru other elements like Custom Fields and the content of Shortcodes. There’s a number of plugs that will search Custom Fields: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-custom-fields-search/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-everything/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/relevanssi/ There also a filter apply_filters_ref_array() that “allows plugins to contextually add/remove/modify the search section of the database query.” FYI, … Read more

How to search for users based on added user metadata

I just had a project where i needed to create a search by user meta form and i ended up creating a shortcode for it, i just altered it a bit to show you how to make it work with your fields, so just paste this code inside your theme’s functions.php file or a plugin … Read more

Dealing with Many Meta Values, 30+

You are facing an XY Problem. The only reason to save meta values each as a single row, would be if you need them to be searchable. If you need specific sanitization rules, use either filter_var_array() or sanitize the values, then build the array and finally save the value. Gist with a comprehensive filter_var_array() example … Read more

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