Questions tagged [search]
The method by which users find information on your WordPress site
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Adjustment of the text excerpt of the search
Is it possible to use functions.php to get a text snippet around the search term and not the first 55 characters of a post?
I hope I made myself understood.
I would like to receive a text excerpt (...
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Help me understand how Search function works using dynamic_sidebar()
On my existing website, there is a search box at the top of the page.
My understanding is that it's from this code in header.php
<div id="search_sec">
<?php dynamic_sidebar('search');?&...
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Get PDF in media by ID
On my search page, I've added all the file from the media with this code :
function attachment_search( $query ) {
$args = array(
'public' => true,
'_builtin' => ...
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how to exclude specific pages form wordpress search results?
I want to show only today's events and the next events in Worpdress search results for every post with category "events". This is my code and it doesn't work, the events that have ended still appear ...
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Separeting product from post in search result
I am trying to separete products from posts in the search result. I can see the loop there search in both.
if( have_posts() ) {
while( have_posts() ) {
...
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how to create search and filter form generating “plus” symbols in url in between category names?
How to create search and filter form to use multiple categories and tags checkboxes? I'm tried to do it standard way, but it gives me wrong filter results
&categories=vitamins&types=gainers&...
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what are the checksums surrounding keywords in the SQL generated by WP_Query and do I need to use them too?
I am using posts_join and posts_where filters to include a custom table in a query.
this page says I should "use whatever WordPress did to search the post title field to search my custom table fields ...
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WooCommerce - When searching return category only, not product
Is there a way to set a WordPress search result to not display a WooCommerce product, but instead the category page it belongs to? My specific layout doesn't use product detail pages, you purchase ...
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Replace Woocommerce products url in search results to point product category page
I have to change product links in search result page to point specific category instead to product page.
I want to get category of returned product and create link based on that.
Example:
Product: ...
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Filter admin ajax data by url query
I am new on ajax query,
How can I filter admin-ajax data in the URL query? I am working on a search page where I am getting all the WordPress user data from admin.ajax.php, that is working fine.
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Filter WP user acf field by ajax
I have a search page where search result of user is displaying by postal code or county name. while on the search page i have checkbox to filter user by attribute like developer, designer, and account,...
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How to include more wordpress tables/columns in the search
How to include more Wordpress tables/columns in the search. I currently have posts.post_title this is the name field of the products column for searching I want to include other table and columns as ...
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Wordpress default search modification, search by Tag exactly but non-exact by Title and Description
I need to modify the basic WordPress search.
I need tag searches to be exact, but searches on Title and Content to be non-exact (if that is the right term)
What would be the best way of setting this ...
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Search by tags and categories only
I recently changed themes for my blog and somehow changing the theme interfered with my Snippets plugin for my custom search code to only search for tags and categories.
What I'm trying to achieve is ...
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Creating a custom WP query for a Custom Post Type
I'm trying to create a WP query to search a Custom post type by its title. By using the following code, I get all portfolio posts:
$search_query = array(
'post_type' => 'portfolio',
'...
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What is the correct way to search 3 custom fields only in WordPress?
I have three custom fields (not using ACF). I want the search form to search for a match in:
_cth_featured_zip_code_1
_cth_featured_zip_code_2
_cth_featured_zip_code_3
This is the query I've ...
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In the php, how can I have a category of a custom post type display?
It's for my search page on my site. I would link it but it's not up and running yet so hopefully, I can explain.
I have custom post types that are then broken out into categories. I want, when ...
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Search Function not searching correct custom_post_type even though post_type is defined in search args
I have a custom post type of job_listing and a custom_post_type of job_application.
Each job_application post has a parent within the job_listing post_type
So if a job listing for an Office ...
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Need to display pages based on search box, but only EXTACT matches
I need to find a way to search a page based on a term that is going to work as a Password.
I have a search box on my website that will help students access their Report.
Then they will type in the ...
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Is it possible to show subdomain posts in main domain search result?
I want to show subdomain posts when visitor search something on main domain. How can i do that ?
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I wan redirect link post search to search product woocommerce?
Search results link for the post : https://domain.com/?s=item+item
I want when clicking search, the article search link automatically redirects to the product woocommerce search link is:
https://...
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Exclude post_excerpt and post_content from WordPress admin search query
I am trying to exclude post_content and post_excerpt fields from WordPress admin search, since my database has grown up and every time I seach for a simple keyword, I have to wait for many seconds, ...
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customize_changeset website is generating urls that are causing crawl error 5xx
My website is generating urls that are causing crawl error 5xx in Google Search Console .
908 urls like this
https://site url /?customize_changeset_uuid=84d5ab6d-b625-44bd-96ab-3339c5e73009&...
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Adjust the results quantity for Search Results page pagination
I'm trying to override the number of posts to show on pagination for my search.php template, to be 16 vs 4. In the Reading settings on the back end, it is set to 4, which is desired because my front ...
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Admin search for custom post type shows results for everything but my post type
I've added a custom post type with this:
<?php
if ( ! function_exists('ordinances') ) {
function ordinances() {
$args = array(
'label' => __( 'Ordinance',...
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How to filter result set in custom metaboxes?
I am adding a plugin that adds a custom meta box on the admin woocommerce product detail page. What this does it lists the completed orders that contain the product. I was able to successfully add ...
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Form for search pages by meta datas
Hello I need a form in one wordpress page where an user can search pages by specific meta data.
I found how to do search:
https://rudrastyh.com/wordpress/meta_query.html#query_meta_values
But how ...
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Want to Display “No Results Page” When There Are No Results for a Particular Month
I have very minimal experience with PHP and am looking for a way to redirect to a "No Results" page when a date is selected with no results. Currently, when you select a date with no results, all ...
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How to make search instant results appear in front of other elements?
I have a search form with instant results but when there are results, it goes behind the HTML elements below it so how can I make sure that instant results appear in front of those.
The error occurs ...
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Change Image in Mobile Search Results
When searching my company, "Tattini Boots", on a mobile device you will see that the following cut off image is displayed next to the search result (see image below). This is not the image that I have ...
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Replace URL with Site Title in Search Results
When searching my company on a mobile device "Tattini Boots". You can see that the URL is displayed vs. the site title at the top (view image below). I am using Wordpress and was wondering where ...
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Need to return a list based on Slug
I need a search field to return only a specific slug when the user types it.
Basically, I need to create pages for students and each student page will be displayed only when user types the page slug ...
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What are the available options for “Name” in WP search?
I am trying to find the list of available values for name in the search to filter results. So far I have found name="s" is the default name="cat" is for categories and name="post_type" is for post ...
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How to display custom search results from a selected category of a custom post type?
I have a website that has a blog and a custom post type called proyecto.
They are on mywebpage.com/blog and mywebpage.com/portafolio.Each of those pages have a search field and category dropdown ...
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how to make search with two input boxes
<input type="search" id="<?php echo esc_attr( $unique_id ); ?>" class="search-field" placeholder="<?php echo esc_attr_x( 'Search …', 'placeholder', 'twentytwenty' ); ?>" ...
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Woocommerce Backend Search by Title and SKU
Good morning,
i'm trying to extend backend product search by using this function without success.
This snippet works only in Title and i need to add also in Metakey SKU.
I have tried extend by using ...
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Remove “All categories” from searchbar dropdown
I have been struggling with this and could not find a clear answer online.
Will putting a product search bar I have a dropdown visible with all the categories you can search in.
I would just like to ...
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Automatically adding category filter based on search string
Like ebay and amazon, i want to implement something on my site wherby if someone searches e.g red dresses then the category "Women's dresses" is only searched within.
As seen as below, a generic ...
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WP Query search for attachments and their exact title
Due to lack of reputation, I must now ask the question. I want to create a search for all images in the media libary. The search result should only appear if you search for the exact title of the ...
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Search for categories
I would like to propose on my site a search engine allowing to find categories (with suggestions), and not posts or pages.
I tried different plugins, including ajax search lite, but without success, ...
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Wordpress search with more input fields?
I have this example of working search:
<form action="<?php echo esc_url(site_url('/')) ; ?>" method="get">
<input type="search" name"s">
<input type="submit" value="search"&...
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Altering search results to handle a post meta field not working in current WordPress
I have the following code (based on examples from various other places on the web) It's definitely updating the query but it just doesn't return any results.
Am I using the wrong hook ?
function ...
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How to change users smart quotes to dumb quotes in search bar?
I have a problem where smart quotes (curly) will not return any search results but dumb quotes (straight) will give what I expect.
I would like to give all users the same experience so I need to ...
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Search not working with title and content
I am working on search. I am able to search post by tag and category but not able to search by title and content.
I tried below code but it's not working. Would you help me out?
$getSearch = ...
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Search the product by tag or category not working
I am working on search. I am trying to search the product by tag or category. I tried below code but it's not working. I am getting
Nothing Found
Also title and content is also not working.
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Making a list of post tags in string
I am trying to push post tags to the search index of the WPFTS plugin in order to search my posts by tag names. To achieve this, I have to generate a string with all tags. Here is what I tried:
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Wordpress REST API Search decoded URL with cyrillyc symbols
I'm trying to use REST API search opportunity with string:
https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?search=searchquerry,
but it doesn't works with decoded url and cyrillyc symbols.
For example, if I ...
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Wordpress isn't reflecting changes I make to a specific file via FTP [closed]
Hello, I'm new to Wordpress so please let me know if there's any vital information I've left out.
I've just migrated from my localhost to online: there were a few bumps but after fixing some paths ...
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How to avoid the specific page while searching in WordPress without plugin?
I am using WordPress search which is working but I am getting one issue on the search result.
My issue is, when I search my product then I am getting the output but it also displaying the privacy ...
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Block search SQL from happening
I need to block some accesses to search results not the whole page, just the results.
The problem is, I need the search SQL query to not happen AT ALL. (I can conditionaly hide the output loop ...