To show dropdown with currently selected option, first you need to fetch current value. You can get that value from $_REQUEST variable. If you have grade variable then your current value is $_REQUEST[‘grade’]. Eg. if ($_REQUEST[‘grade’] == $term->slug) Recommended: Do not use REQUEST variable directly without sanitization. Use function like esc_attr. If you are sure … Read more
The default WordPress action is to redirect to the homepage when the search is blank – just what you want! Do you have any plugins or .htaccess settings that may be changing this?
You could hook into the the_permalink filter and check for is_search() to conditionally modify the URLs of your search results to include some additional parameters that your single.php then checks for. Something like this (may require tinkering): add_filter( ‘the_permalink’, ‘wpse155331_the_permalink’ ); function wpse155331_the_permalink( $url ) { if ( is_search() ) { $url = add_query_arg( array( … Read more
What you tried to use is broken. add_filter( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘modified_pre_get_posts’ ); function modified_pre_get_posts( WP_Query $query ) { if ( $query->is_search() ) { $query->set( ‘post_type’, array( ‘page-home’ ) ); } return $query; } That function definition is not valid. You would have seen an error if you had debugging enabled. You need: add_filter( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘modified_pre_get_posts’ ); … Read more
It’s better to share some of your code that already you used. And you mention first line that you have search page ? what exactly you mean by that ? WordPress have default search page did you mention that one ? if you are then try this code function change_search_url_rewrite() { if ( is_search() && … Read more
You can append post_type to the end of your search string like this: http://yourdomain.com/?s=search+string&post_type=page This works like a charm: <form method=”get” action=”<?php echo home_url();?>”> <input type=”text” name=”s” /> <label>Search Pages</label> <input type=”radio” name=”post_type” value=”page” /> <label>Search Posts</label> <input type=”radio” name=”post_type” value=”post” /> <button type=”submit”>Submit</button> </form> You could also do something like this within the form … Read more
That site you linked to is completely wrong. You should never ever use query_posts to run any type of query. Take your time and read the following post on this matter: When should you use WP_Query vs query_posts() vs get_posts()? You also would not want to run any type of custom query in place of … Read more
Change the form to: <input class=”searchform-mid clearit” type=”text” name=”s” id=”search-header” value=”Search” /> Check that name should be “s” as that the get attribute wordpress use for search keyword
Quick and dirty, put this before your get_header() in your search.php <?php // Get the query string $query = get_search_query(); // if the first & last char is space, rip them $query = trim($query); // if there are more than one space, rip to one space $query = preg_replace(‘/\s\s+/’, ‘ ‘,$query); // if chars count … Read more
You can use template include filter to use it on every search request. Let’s assume the advanced search page template you are using is ‘wp-advanced-search.php’ you can use locate_template to get its path: add_action(‘template_include’, ‘advanced_search_tmpl’); function advanced_search_tmpl( $template ) { if ( is_search() ) { $t = locate_template(‘wp-advanced-search.php’, false); if ( ! empty($t) ) $template … Read more