Pagination and Custom Search page

Question

I am stuck on an issue for the last two days. I have a CPT - 'listings'. This is it's archive page

• Till here, everything is fine.

• I put in a search form there, and added this to pre_get_posts:

  if ($query->is_main_query() && $query->is_post_type_archive('listings') &&  !is_admin() && is_search()) {
  
  echo '<br/>me runnning<br/>';
  
  $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
  $query->set('paged', $paged);
  
  $query->set('posts_per_page', 1);
  

• Another code in 'functions.php' that redirects my search to 'archive_listings.php', which is the same archive page for 'listings' CPT

• When I do a search the results that appears are fine.

Problem arises when I try to get on the second page in the search results.

• When I click on next page for search results, it takes me to the

wwwsitename.com/listings/page/2

which is the page of archive-listings default results.

• In other words, when I try to move to next page - the query forgets about the search terms, and get the second page of default archive for listings.

I am not sure, if I was able to clearly explain it. So, I haveprint_r($wp_query) which can help understand the issue

I have tried several code blocks from support forums, stack exchange, and other blogs.

Any suggestions will be heartily appreciated.

Answer 1

You are posting the query to archive_listings. Either you need to use get method and retain the search query in URL or you should store the search query in session and handle the page results if there is a query variable present.