Profile: Alexander

Problem:
How to add a custom search for some field where the field value starts with the search term (rather than the normal behaviour where the search term can appear anywhere inside the field value).

Solution:
It is not supported within the UI, but you can use the Views API to customise the query arguments to take advantage of the ability to use regular expressions in meta queries.

Following is an example of such code, which needs editing for the ID(s) of the View(s) it should apply to, and the custom fields which should use this approach:

Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views-filters/#wpv_filter_query
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/#custom-field-post-meta-parameters