Read this blog on Wordpress search in post meta for more information.
Are you looking for a way to extend the search to include custom post meta? While there’s probably a plugin for this, we have created a quick code snippet that you can use to extend the search to include custom post meta in WordPress.
Instructions:
All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:
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/* * Extend wp search to include custom post meta */function custom_search_query( $query ) { if ( !is_admin() && $query->is_search ) { $query->set('meta_query', array( array( 'key' => '__meta_key__', 'value' => $query->query_vars['s'], 'compare' => 'LIKE' ) )); $query->set('post_type', '__your_post_type__'); // optional };}add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'dc_custom_search_query'); |
