The problem was due to the fact that the query was restructured in this latest update. As pointed out by d79 in this question, the query changed from: SELECT DISTINCT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS wp_users.* FROM wp_users INNER JOIN wp_usermeta ON ( wp_users.ID = wp_usermeta.user_id ) INNER JOIN wp_usermeta AS mt1 ON ( wp_users.ID = mt1.user_id ) WHERE … Read more
Search URL gives 404
This is a bit of a broad question and I don’t have time to hash out the whole thing, but your search code needs to modify the query something very much like: add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, function ($qry) { if ($qry->is_search()) { $qry->set(‘orderby’,’title’); } } ); I have a feeling a lot of details are missing from … Read more
Try to apply some function like htmlspecialchars() on your query before searching for it, it will translate your special chars into HTML entities.
You can modify any query in pre_get_posts filter. So your code could looks like this: function prefix_modify_search( $query ) { if( $query->is_search && $query->is_main_query() ) { $search = $query->get( ‘s’ ); $search .= ‘*’; $query->set(‘s’, $search); } } add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘prefix_modify_search’ ); Note that the query parameter is passed as reference so you don’t need … Read more
When we try searching for example.tld, then the default search query looks into the post title and content with: … (wp_posts.post_title LIKE ‘%example.tld%’) OR (wp_posts.post_content LIKE ‘%example.tld%’) … When we add an attachment or a local link, into the post content, we normally get the full url, for example: http://example.tld/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/image.jpg so I would think that … Read more
How to make the default WordPress search return borader results
Try going to your permalinks page within the admin to flush the rewrite rules. Just be navigating to that page will flush the rules, but you could click save even if you made no changes.
Ok, the problem was with my radio buttons. <?php foreach( $regions as $region ) : ?> <label><input type=”radio” name=”region” value=”<?php echo $region->slug;?>” /><span><?php echo $region->name;?></span></input></label><br /> <?php endforeach;?> I have solved this problem by giving the radio buttons a name and value and not using any symbols in that name or value. It really was … Read more
Limit Search Queries per IP per Day