You can use parse_query: function wpa64292_parse_query( $query ) { if( isset( $query->query_vars[‘s’] ) && !empty( $query->query_vars[‘s’] ) ) $query->set( ‘s’, prepSearchStr( $query->query_vars[‘s’] ) ); } add_action( ‘parse_query’, ‘wpa64292_parse_query’ ); Note that it won’t alter the query string you see in the browser, but if you echo get_query_var(‘s’) in your template you’ll see it’s been altered.
You have a typo in your $advtxtQuery query– $where =” (( post_typs LIKE ‘projects’)… For the rest, both queries are searching on the same key so use IN instead of trying to create two separate arrays, as in the Codex example below: $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘my_custom_post_type’, ‘meta_key’ => ‘age’, ‘orderby’ => ‘meta_value_num’, ‘order’ … Read more
Solved. It turned out that the Block Bad Queries (BBQ) plugin that I use simply blocked too much. Marco
To clarify, it is important to note that the HTML presented above is not necessarily directly related to the search query you’re making. I would advise disabling any plugins that potentially modify the search query. If that doesn’t remedy the issue, there may be a query filter within your currently active theme or a plugin … Read more
If it is possible at all, this is how it would be done: $searchquery = new WP_Query( array( ‘s’ => ‘hello ‘ )); Since all queries boil down to WP_Query at their most basic level, we can determine if it is possible using the WordPress APIs by looking at the code in wp-includes/query.php // If … Read more
Some themes like Twenty Fourteen include a template tag included in the content.php file for entry meta which includes the author and date: Example: twentyfourteen_posted_on(); The content.php file also includes the_title() tag so you need to remove that if you don’t want the entry titles displaying on your search result pages. The search.php file includes … Read more
The loop doesn not display the latest posts, it just shows the posts the main query has found. On your search page the main query returns search results, and you can change its order (we have plenty of examples for that on our site). WordPress looks for the parameter s or /search/ in the request … Read more
Solved changing the location block with this: location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args; }
WP_Query::found_posts contains the number of matches to your query without taking into account limit and offset. limit is the max number of posts which can be display in an archive page and the offset depends on the paged parameter and is usually ($paged – 1) * $limit. So what you got is the number of … Read more
You will want to register custom post types for each of the sections (books, articles, etc). Your post types should be registered as a custom plugin so that they can be kept in the case you decide to switch your theme. Custom post types: http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Types WordPress plugin API: http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API The advanced search is a bit … Read more