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
If you have a user role called “consultant” and you do a search filtering by capability “consultant”, you wouldn’t find anything. Roles and capabilities are different things. Here is the codex reference: http://codex.wordpress.org/Roles_and_Capabilities
You can use the action hook posts_orderby in your child themes functions.php: function changeSearchSort( $orderby, $query ){ global $wpdb; if(!is_admin() && is_search()) { $orderby = $wpdb->prefix.”posts.post_date ASC”; } return $orderby; } add_filter(‘posts_orderby’,’changeSearchSort’,10,2);
What you are seeing is correct. Google display in SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages) listing as follows: URL Page Title Page Description [ other attributes (potentially) ] Your top result: Tattini Boots – 1860 | Italian English Riding Boots – U.S Links to: https://www.tattiniboots.com/ …your homepage.