add this code to funtions.php
/// Search by Post Title function search_by_title_only( $search, &$wp_query ) { global $wpdb; if ( empty( $search ) ) return $search; // skip processing - no search term in query $q = $wp_query->query_vars; $n = ! empty( $q['exact'] ) ? '' : '%'; $search = ''; $searchand = ''; foreach ( (array) $q['search_terms'] as $term ) { $term = esc_sql( like_escape( $term ) ); $search .= "{$searchand}($wpdb->posts.post_title LIKE '{$n}{$term}{$n}')"; $searchand = ' AND '; } if ( ! empty( $search ) ) { $search = " AND ({$search}) "; if ( ! is_user_logged_in() ) $search .= " AND ($wpdb->posts.post_password = '') "; } return $search; } add_filter( 'posts_search', 'search_by_title_only', 500, 2 ); ?>