How to Extend Search Functionality to Include Custom Post Meta

If you are using the WordPress as your business website and also using the custom post type. Also, want to include the custom post type in your search to extend your site search functionalities.

Please keep your close attention in this post as I am going to share the how to extend search functionality to include custom post meta. Open your functions.php files from your current activated themes folder and add the below code at the end of the file and save it.

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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');

* 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');

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How to Extend Search Functionality to Include Custom Post Meta

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