[Resolved] Is there a way for to restrict a search field to ONLY display toolset data?

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[gordonW-2]

Tell us what you are trying to do?

Currently our site's search field returns all of the relevant toolset data as well as all of the wordpress data. Is there a way for me to create a new search interface that will only search data entered through toolset?

e.g. the client wants a product catalog search field and they don't want the employee directory to be included in the results. WordPress' default search returns both. Can the product catalog have a search field that only searches the product catalog?

in the example below, you can see that Maria White is returned along with the products that match the term "White"

Is there a similar example that we can see?

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Thanks in advance for any help

Gordon

[Waqar]

Hi Gordon,

Thank you for contacting us and I'd be happy to assist.

If your goal is to limit WordPress search to bring in the results only from a specific post type "sku", you can use the "pre_get_posts" hook for this:
( ref: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/pre_get_posts/ )

function search_filter($query) {
    if ( ! is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
        if ( $query->is_search ) {
            $query->set( 'post_type', 'sku' );
        }
    }
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'search_filter' );

The above code snippet can be included through either Toolset's custom code feature ( ref: https://toolset.com/documentation/adding-custom-code/using-toolset-to-add-custom-code/ ) or through the active theme's "functions.php" file.

Additionally, you can also optionally create a custom search archive using Toolset to have more control over the search fields and the search results design, as explained in this guide:
https://toolset.com/lesson-placement/lesson-placements-1621271-1622285/

regards,
Waqar