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In WP_Query() there is a ‘post__not_in’ argument where you can exclude specific post ID’s. You would create a new WP_Query inside of your search.php and use the current $query_args, then add on your ‘post__not_in’. If you wanted to make it more dynamic, you could also build in some post meta where you could do a … Read more

EDIT – The current version of WordPress supports relevance, so this answer is no longer accurate. There’s no concept of rank or relevance, it’s just a simple LIKE query on the post title and content: ($wpdb->posts.post_title LIKE ‘{$n}{$term}{$n}’) OR ($wpdb->posts.post_content LIKE ‘{$n}{$term}{$n}’) You can use the posts_search filter to modify or completely replace the search … Read more

Here are 3 ways of fixing this, I advise you use solution 2, but pay attention to the jQuery in solution 1 as a way of avoiding the situation in the first place. For those wanting more code posted from the question askers theme, this is not a theme issue, this is a general WordPress … Read more

The below should make the page post type no longer search-able. function remove_pages_from_search() { global $wp_post_types; $wp_post_types[‘page’]->exclude_from_search = true; } add_action(‘init’, ‘remove_pages_from_search’);

Add these 2 functions to your functions.php function search_excerpt_highlight() { $excerpt = get_the_excerpt(); $keys = implode(‘|’, explode(‘ ‘, get_search_query())); $excerpt = preg_replace(‘/(‘ . $keys .’)/iu’, ‘<strong class=”search-highlight”>\0</strong>’, $excerpt); echo ‘<p>’ . $excerpt . ‘</p>’; } function search_title_highlight() { $title = get_the_title(); $keys = implode(‘|’, explode(‘ ‘, get_search_query())); $title = preg_replace(‘/(‘ . $keys .’)/iu’, ‘<strong class=”search-highlight”>\0</strong>’, … Read more

The following uses jQuery UI Autocomplete, which has been included in WordPress since 3.3. (I’ve borrowed the format from @Rarst :D). It’s still not precisely what you’re after, but gives you a good starting point. The following uses a the basic jQuery UI styling, but you can use the one that’s currently worked out on … Read more