The “s” variable parameter is for the search term and is used when there’s a search on a WordPress site. If you have a form that users are filling out, there should be code similar to: <input type=”text” value=”<?php the_search_query(); ?>” name=”s” id=”s” /> Delete that input tag and the “s” will disappear.
I’m typically against using a bunch of plugins, but an option for you is to use the Relevanssi plugin. I use it along side ACF and allows you to search within those fields. If you decide to use it, after installation/activation, go to the setting page for the plugin and scroll down to the “Indexing … Read more
This function, which I use in my “Multisite Media Display” plugin, will put all subsites into an array. Note that there are two ways that are required to do this, depending on the WP versin, since wp_get_sites is deprecated as of 4.6+, but is still allowed in 4.6+, even though it doesn’t return site names … Read more
Try using urldecode on search string and your operations on decoded string. Also check if you are using any other encoding, utf-8, utf-16…..
Use action = ‘website/search’ to get the query appended… Ideally your form would look like this… <form action=”website/search”> <input type=”text” name=”filter” /> <input type=”submit”> </form> Then you can grab filter to interact with WordPress Query and display result. Hope this helps.
I can think of two options: Multiple WP_Queries, each for normal search, taxonomies and meta. And merge the results you get from each. OR A WPDB query, with join between _post, _postmeta, _terms(and all tables related to terms). Although I will prefer 1st method, it’s your choice what you are comfortable with and performance you … Read more
You would need to query the WordPress site from your form using the REST API.
You don’t provide the context of where the code in your question is being used. Is it something like the following: $args = array ( ‘s’ => ‘201701057’, ‘meta_query’ => array ( ‘relation’ => ‘OR’, array ( ‘key’ => ‘property_address’, … ), array ( ‘key’ => ‘property_city’, … ), … ), ) ; $query = … Read more
I think you can do some changes in the search form so it submits to another page url instead of home. Something like http://baseurl/search-results/?search=foo Where search-results will be the slug of a page with your page template.
Sometimes pagination will break and give unexpected results, redirect you to the wrong page or give you a 404 (page not found) on the “paged” pages. This is usually due to your theme altering (querying) the main loop wrong. Try updating your .htaccess file by updating the permalink.