Not sure i understand why you’d want to query by ID, but that said it’s possible in a hacky kind of way(i like this method because it’s simple). add_action( ‘parse_request’, ‘idsearch’ ); function idsearch( $wp ) { global $pagenow; // If it’s not the post listing return if( ‘edit.php’ != $pagenow ) return; // If … Read more
A GROUP BY statement can group your posts after the JOIN. For WordPress you can use the posts_groupby filter. add_filter( ‘posts_groupby’, ‘my_post_limits’ ); function my_post_limits($groupby) { global $pagenow, $wpdb; if ( is_admin() && $pagenow == ‘edit.php’ && $_GET[‘post_type’]==’listings’ && $_GET[‘s’] != ” ) { $groupby = “$wpdb->posts.ID”; } return $groupby; }
EDIT – The current version of WordPress supports relevance, so this answer is no longer accurate. There’s no concept of rank or relevance, it’s just a simple LIKE query on the post title and content: ($wpdb->posts.post_title LIKE ‘{$n}{$term}{$n}’) OR ($wpdb->posts.post_content LIKE ‘{$n}{$term}{$n}’) You can use the posts_search filter to modify or completely replace the search … Read more
______UPDATE_______ Though I’m getting more and more votes, and the solution works, but cybmeta’s answer is actually the answer that is nice and WordPress’ way. You should definitely try that. Step 1 Start by making an Advanced Search Form with which you want your user will interact with the website, and save it with a … Read more
If your up for using a plugin, Relevanssi – A Better Search might be worth trying out. The standard (free) version supports searching post meta.
Hi @user2041: Clearly as you know you need to modify the search that’s performed which you can do by modifying the values in the instance of the WP_User_Search class used for the search (you can find the source code at /wp-admin/includes/user.php if you’d like to study it.) The WP_User_Search Object Here’s what a print_r() of … Read more
Searching the main table Simply use WP_User_Query with a search argument. So if you want to search for example for a user with a keyword in his user_email or similar columns from the {$wpdb->prefix}users table, then you can do the following: $users = new WP_User_Query( array( ‘search’ => ‘*’.esc_attr( $your_search_string ).’*’, ‘search_columns’ => array( ‘user_login’, … Read more
Here are 3 ways of fixing this, I advise you use solution 2, but pay attention to the jQuery in solution 1 as a way of avoiding the situation in the first place. For those wanting more code posted from the question askers theme, this is not a theme issue, this is a general WordPress … Read more
The below should make the page post type no longer search-able. function remove_pages_from_search() { global $wp_post_types; $wp_post_types[‘page’]->exclude_from_search = true; } add_action(‘init’, ‘remove_pages_from_search’);
Add these 2 functions to your functions.php function search_excerpt_highlight() { $excerpt = get_the_excerpt(); $keys = implode(‘|’, explode(‘ ‘, get_search_query())); $excerpt = preg_replace(‘/(‘ . $keys .’)/iu’, ‘<strong class=”search-highlight”>\0</strong>’, $excerpt); echo ‘<p>’ . $excerpt . ‘</p>’; } function search_title_highlight() { $title = get_the_title(); $keys = implode(‘|’, explode(‘ ‘, get_search_query())); $title = preg_replace(‘/(‘ . $keys .’)/iu’, ‘<strong class=”search-highlight”>\0</strong>’, … Read more