Search not working as expected

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Tagged: Custom search, Toolset Blocks, Views plugin

This topic contains 2 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by Zeb H. 4 years ago.

Assisted by: Waqar.

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April 22, 2022 at 6:00 pm #2347179

Zeb H.

Tell us what you are trying to do?
I've got a business directory created and I'd like the search tool to include words found in the categories and descriptions. Currently the search bar only seems to find words found in the titles.

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Please help,
-Zeb

April 25, 2022 at 5:54 am #2348407

Waqar

Hi Zeb,

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

The text search field in Toolset uses the WordPress default search feature, which can search through only the post titles and post content/body.

To extend this search to cover more elements, you can include the third-party search plugin Relevanssi, as explained in this guide:
https://toolset.com/course-lesson/searching-texts-in-custom-fields-with-toolset-and-relevanssi/

I hope this helps and please let me know if you need any further assistance around this.

regards,
Waqar

April 25, 2022 at 6:26 pm #2348941

Zeb H.

Thanks - that seemed to do the trick! I must have failed to re-index the search terms. Working now 🙂