yes, WordPress search only searches title or post content. There are a few plugins that extend search to taxonomies, Relevanssi is one. EDIT – The query WordPress produces for default search: SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS wp_posts.ID FROM wp_posts WHERE 1=1 AND (((wp_posts.post_title LIKE ‘%test%’) OR (wp_posts.post_content LIKE ‘%test%’))) AND wp_posts.post_type IN (‘post’, ‘page’, ‘attachment’) AND (wp_posts.post_status=”publish” OR … Read more
When a search is performed, the default query is no longer a page query, it becomes a search query. Refer to the template hierarchy to see how WP selects the template in this case. Rename the get var to something unique, or filter search_template to override WP’s selection.
Just extend your search form with a hidden input: (notice the last input field) <form role=”search” method=”get” class=”search-form” action=”<?php echo home_url( “https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/” ); ?>”> <label> <span class=”screen-reader-text”><?php echo _x( ‘Search for:’, ‘label’ ) ?></span> <input type=”search” class=”search-field” placeholder=”<?php echo esc_attr_x( ‘Search …’, ‘placeholder’ ) ?>” value=”<?php echo get_search_query() ?>” name=”s” title=”<?php echo esc_attr_x( ‘Search for:’, … Read more
Use get_search_query or the_search_query to return/output the search term as a properly escaped value, don’t access $_GET directly. You’re trying to escape something that’s already URLencoded.
If you’re using FontAwesome, you can display an icon in the placeholder text like this : HTML <input placeholder=”” class=”fontAwesome”> CSS .fontAwesome{ font-family: ‘Helvetica’, FontAwesome, sans-serif; }
You can query a list of post IDs using $wpdb based on their slugs, and then use that in your filter. Here’s a simple example of how to do this: function mm_search_filter( $query ) { // We will query a list of post IDs // by using $wpdb global $wpdb; $post_ids = $wpdb->get_results(“SELECT ID FROM … Read more
In PHP, the number 0 is interpreted as false-ish. Your if-statement asks for a true-ish condition like this: If the result of the array_search function is interpreted as true-ish, THEN do the stuff which means if the result is 0, it is interpreted as false, and the code doesn’t run. What to do? Use the … Read more
This question is too broad to answer in detail, but here is how I would approach this: Given that WP’s native search is slow, we can rule out using this to get intermediate results while the visitor is typing. Unless we have a lightning fast dedicated server. So, this means we will have to build … Read more
I’m not entirely sure, but it seems like you want to store the last visited page for future use (a go back button?). I see two ways to do this: Keep it in the URL as a get argument the same way you save the search queries. This leads to a long url, though Save … Read more
get_search_query() returns only the string that the user searched for. To display the search results, you’ll need to do some more work. The search results will be in $wp_query, and you can manipulate it using The Loop (like any other page). The following code is adapted from WordPress’s own Twenty Twenty theme‘s index.php file, and … Read more