Include custom taxonomy term in search

Question

I have two custom taxonomies applied to two custom post types. the terms list on the sidebar just fine and will list all posts associated with it. However, if you search one of the terms in specific, it doesn't bring up a post with that term.

Example: http://dev.andrewnorcross.com/das/all-case-studies/ Search for term "PQRI"

I get nothing. Any ideas? I've tried using various search plugins but they either break my custom search parameters or just don't work.

Answer 1

I would recommend the Search Everything plugin too, but if you want to implement this using WP's search function, here's the code I'm using in my Atom theme:

// search all taxonomies, based on: http://projects.jesseheap.com/all-projects/wordpress-plugin-tag-search-in-wordpress-23

function atom_search_where($where){
  global $wpdb;
  if (is_search())
    $where .= "OR (t.name LIKE '%".get_search_query()."%' AND {$wpdb->posts}.post_status = 'publish')";
  return $where;
}

function atom_search_join($join){
  global $wpdb;
  if (is_search())
    $join .= "LEFT JOIN {$wpdb->term_relationships} tr ON {$wpdb->posts}.ID = tr.object_id INNER JOIN {$wpdb->term_taxonomy} tt ON tt.term_taxonomy_id=tr.term_taxonomy_id INNER JOIN {$wpdb->terms} t ON t.term_id = tt.term_id";
  return $join;
}

function atom_search_groupby($groupby){
  global $wpdb;

  // we need to group on post ID
  $groupby_id = "{$wpdb->posts}.ID";
  if(!is_search() || strpos($groupby, $groupby_id) !== false) return $groupby;

  // groupby was empty, use ours
  if(!strlen(trim($groupby))) return $groupby_id;

  // wasn't empty, append ours
  return $groupby.", ".$groupby_id;
}

add_filter('posts_where','atom_search_where');
add_filter('posts_join', 'atom_search_join');
add_filter('posts_groupby', 'atom_search_groupby');

It's based on the Tag-Search plugin: http://projects.jesseheap.com/all-projects/wordpress-plugin-tag-search-in-wordpress-23

Answer 2

Is this the standard WordPress search? Because that doesn't seem to include taxonomies (not even standard, like categories and tags) in the search. The code searches in post_title and post_content, but if you want to include anything else you should hook into the posts_search filter.

Answer 3

I have the same level of information like Jan. I know it's possible to extend search with plugins as well.

Probably Search Everything (Wordpress Plugin) is what you are looking for. According to the feature list, it now supports custom taxonomies.