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The native search page runs a query like so:

SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS  wp_posts.* 
FROM wp_posts 
WHERE 1=1 AND (((wp_posts.post_title LIKE '%keyword%') 
OR (wp_posts.post_content LIKE '%keyword%')) 
AND (wp_posts.post_password = '') 
AND wp_posts.post_type IN ('post', 'page', 'attachment') 
AND (wp_posts.post_status = 'publish') 
ORDER BY wp_posts.post_date DESC LIMIT 0, 10

I am passing specific post IDs to the query by hooking into pre_get_posts so I don't need the other WHERE conditions related to the keyword. e.g.

add_filter('pre_get_posts','my_search_filter');
function my_search_filter($query) {
    if ($query->is_search) {
            // post IDs within distance X
        $matches = array(1,3,5);
        $query->query_vars['post__in'] = $matches;

    }
}

How can I remove the conditions related to post_title and post_content from the query object by modifying the existing query rather than writing a new one.

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  • Why are you using a search if you don't want to actually search anything...? Could you give a brief outline of what you are trying to achieve - there is probably a better than modifying a search query :D Commented Feb 24, 2012 at 10:28
  • I'm geocoding the address the user enters in the search form to build a list of matching post IDs within a certain distance which I store in $matches.
    – kidrobot
    Commented Feb 24, 2012 at 22:00

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Filter posts_where or posts_search. See this answer for a couple of examples.

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