WordPress Default Search Functionality only searches all titles and content type data.
In this article learn how to search particular post type data.
Step-1:
=> Firstly We can add a search form using get_search_form() function.
Step-2:
=> We can use the pre_get_posts() action that lets you filter the post type data.
=> pre_get_posts() function that makes possible to modify existing WP_Query, and add new custom WP_Query in child theme functions.php file.
For example, the Below code searches only for Woocommece products data.
add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'custom_pre_get_posts' );
function custom_pre_get_posts( $query ) {
if ( is_search() ) {
$query->set('post_type', 'product');
}
return $query;
}
OutPut:
How to search multiple post-type data.
For example, the below code searches for multiple post type data:
add_filter('pre_get_posts', 'search_filter_multiple_post_type');
function search_filter_multiple_post_type( $query ) {
if ( is_search() ){
$query->set( 'post_type', array(
'book',
'product'
) );
}
return $query;
}
OutPut:
