A quick test on a default install with TwentyEleven confirms this, and I’m not sure why this is the case, however there is a way you can do this via your functions.php. add a hidden field to the form with your own query var: <input type=”hidden” name=”my_type” value=”page” /> or: <input type=”hidden” name=”my_type” value=”post,page” /> … Read more
One of my favorite ways to do this is to use the Factious plugin. It is still fairly basic and only has a Sidebar widget by default. However, it has an extenable API(ish thing) that lets you write code to place it elsewhere. The reasons why I like it are this: Written by people who … Read more
You can try a plugin to do this: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/smart-404/ Reads the page URL and tries to find a page/post that it might match and redirect to it. Found out about this plugin from: http://www.aebeta.com/web-hosting/seo/7-seo-friendly-404-plugin-for-wordpress.html
Your problem is that you are not resetting all the needed query variables, like WP_Query::$is_page, WP_Query::$is_single and WP_Query::$is_archive. Also note that ‘pre_get_posts’ is fired for all queries, the main and the secondaries, so you should check that you are working on the main query. Finally, when you get data from $_GETyou should sanitize it before … Read more
This class is used to visually hide elements from sighted users but still allows assistive technologies like screen readers to still present those elements to users who are visually impaired. For example you may have an icon with Facebook’s logo as a link to your page/profile. A sighted user will know that’s Facebook but a … Read more
Building on Bainternet’s answer above, but making it more generic, I wrote this quick plugin. You can probably modify the link building function at the bottom to do what you want more exactly. <?php /* Plugin Name: Search Context Description: Use search context on single post pages when they’re reached from a search results page … Read more
Try this function: function get_user_role($user_id){ global $wpdb; $user = get_userdata( $user_id ); $capabilities = $user->{$wpdb->prefix . ‘capabilities’}; if ( !isset( $wp_roles ) ){ $wp_roles = new WP_Roles(); } foreach ( $wp_roles->role_names as $role => $name ) { if ( array_key_exists( $role, $capabilities ) ) { return $role; } } return false; } I’ve not included … Read more
There’s a few ways you could do this. I once wrote some extended code to integrate Apache Solr with WordPress search and BuddyPress and that added a lot of power. With something like Apache Solr you can customize weight and do some interesting things. Solr is a full fledged search engine and you will need … Read more
You may want to put the following code global $wp_query; var_dump($wp_query->request); before the <?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?> line to check the exact SQL statement. Maybe running it did return only one result.
The answer is taken from WordPress.org Support Forum thread: » 3.6 upgrade – searchform.php not working As salcode said: Adding this code to your functions.php should do the trick: function search_form_no_filters() { // look for local searchform template $search_form_template = locate_template( ‘searchform.php’ ); if ( ” !== $search_form_template ) { // searchform.php exists, remove all … Read more