Default WordPress Search does not work

Hello @gilldart

This might be a theme/plugin conflict.
See this page for more info: https://docs.pods.io/faqs/plugin-theme-conflicts/

Let me know!
Cheers, Jory

Hi @gilldart

Is there a special config to index the content of the fields ?

Did you mean field content or Post content?
If you meant field content then you should create templates to show these fields.
Please view our introduction video: https://docs.pods.io/videos/grow-beyond-posts-pages-introduction-pods-framework/

Cheers, Jory

Hi @gilldart

Check, in that case you still need to add the templates (PHP or Pods Templates, see video) to the custom post type single/singular pages. There are not there by default.

Another option is to use pods shortcodes inside your post content, example:

[pods field="liminaire"] (Make sure this is the field name, not the field label.

Cheers, Jory

Hello @gilldart

Keep in mind that WP search does not search metadata! So if you search for something that isn’t available in the post content itself the search won’t work.

You could add all post’s metadata to the search query to fix this.
Some code I found online, I haven’t verified it work’s 100%:

add_action( 'pre_get_posts', array( $this, 'search_metadata' ), 9 );
function search_metadata() {
	if ( ! is_main_query() || ! is_search() ) {
		return;
	}

	add_filter( 'posts_join', function( $join ) {
		global $wpdb;
		return $join .' LEFT JOIN ' . $wpdb->postmeta . ' ON '. $wpdb->posts . '.ID = ' . $wpdb->postmeta . '.post_id ';
	} );

	add_filter( 'posts_where', function ( $where ) {
		global $wpdb;

		$or = array(
			"(".$wpdb->posts.".post_title LIKE $1)",
			"(".$wpdb->postmeta.".meta_value LIKE $1)",
		);

		if ( is_main_query() && is_search() ) {
			$where = preg_replace(
				"/\(\s*".$wpdb->posts.".post_title\s+LIKE\s*(\'[^\']+\')\s*\)/",
				implode( ' OR ', $or ),
				$where
			);
		}

		return $where;
	} );

	add_filter( 'posts_distinct', function () {
		global $wpdb;
		return "DISTINCT";
	} );
}

Other options are to use plugins like:
https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/relevanssi/

Cheers, Jory

Hi @gilldart

We don’t have a doc, I simply found this online.

but i get an error

A right, I think you need to change the first line to this:
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'search_metadata', 9 );

If you get more errors, please share the exact error.

Cheers, Jory

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Cheers, Jory