Comments on: WordPress Custom Field Search Plugin

By: Tom Lany

Tom Lany — Fri, 28 May 2010 06:06:30 +0000

Thanks for sharing this! I have been needing some way to search through authors (that I store in custom fields) for along time, and this works wonderfully!

Thanks!

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Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:46:23 +0000

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By: Wayne Smallman

Wayne Smallman — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:20:35 +0000

John, thanks for the code, man. This has been a huge help.

By: oragoradway

oragoradway — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:22:20 +0000

I’m frequently searching for recent blogposts in the net about this matter. Thanks.

By: Han

Han — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:18:07 +0000

Perfect! I just put your peace of code in the functions.php, added my 2 customs fields in the array and it worked as a treat.
Thanks a lot for that little piece of your brain John.

By: Baga

Baga — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:41:18 +0000

Hello do you have any idea on how to implement a custom field search with selectable checkboxes for each custom field value?

By: horla

horla — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:31:36 +0000

hello thank’s you for this interresting post.
i’am trying change in wordpress the search just for tag or categories?… i make a function but it doesn’t work… i don’t know why :

function myTagFilter($query) {
if ($query->is_search) {
$query->set(‘tag’, ‘cat’);
}
return $query;
}
add_filter(‘pre_get_posts’,'myTagFilter’);

thank’s a lot

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:49:07 +0000

You don’t like to leave things un-figured out do you?

The template thing made me think, so I tried it with the default template(s) too and still had the same problem. The one I’m using is from Woothemes and doesn’t have this problem with the regular search.

It’s also definitely not a problem with the recent posts plugin, since the default one comes up against the same problem when I search.

I did try wp_reset_query after my search results listing and before the sidebar in my template file, that sounded like it might do the trick but alas. Since it only happens with this custom search plugin installed I suspect I’ve done something idiotic, and am now poring over the code a line at a time to figure out exactly what.

Even if this never gets resolved, searching custom fields is more important than having to put a different sidebar on one page, so I’m happy.

By: John Hoff

John Hoff — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:57:51 +0000

I’m sorry, I misread your post. I thought you meant that the SQL was being updated for the queries inside the widgets–which was the case in the pages I tested.

Is the search page the only page you are having this issue? If so, are you also making a custom WP_QUERY() to fetch and display the search results? The plugin code I put together was to enhance the existing search pages. If you are making any WP_QUERY calls, you may be stepping on the WP_QUERY calls inside your widgets. It’s a common mistake that people make when developing in WordPress–I had to learn from it myself.

If you aren’t making a custom WP_QUERY call on your search results page, you may be having an issue with your template. If it is a stock template provided by someone else, I wouldn’t mind taking a look at it to see if I can identify the issue. I just need more information to further help you.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:41:05 +0000

Hmm, no change for me. I’ll just take the sidebar off the search page for now til I get it figured out, much appreciated anyway