[Resolved] WP admin CPT search

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[TomW5440]

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Hi there,

So I'm looking to add member username and member name so they are can be searched in wp admin when viewing a custom post type. The idea is that it's easy for admin to find all comments relating to a member.

I have two CPT Members > Comments
Member(parent) and Comments(child)

The Comments CPT only includes custom fields name(commentor name) and comment but it's setup in a way on the front end that when a comment is made it's linked to the member.

I'm not sure how to implement this so that member names can be searched in my CPT comments wp admin?

Thank you

[Waqar]

Hi,

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

I'm afraid, there is no built-in feature available to include custom search fields in the WordPress admin post list screen, so this will require code customization.

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regards,
Waqar

[TomW5440]

I managed to add User filter to the admin CPT. Here's how -

//defining the filter that will be used so we can select posts by 'author'
function add_author_filter_to_posts_administration(){

    //execute only on the 'post' content type
    global $post_type;
    if($post_type == 'comment'){

        //get a listing of all users that are 'author' or above
        $user_args = array(
            'show_option_all'   => 'All Users',
            'orderby'           => 'display_name',
            'order'             => 'ASC',
            'name'              => 'author_admin_filter',
            'who'               => 'basic',
            'include_selected'  => true
        );

        //determine if we have selected a user to be filtered by already
        if(isset($_GET['author_admin_filter'])){
            //set the selected value to the value of the author
            $user_args['selected'] = (int)sanitize_text_field($_GET['author_admin_filter']);
        }

        //display the users as a drop down
        wp_dropdown_users($user_args);
    }

}
add_action('restrict_manage_posts','add_author_filter_to_posts_administration');

//restrict the posts by an additional author filter
function add_author_filter_to_posts_query($query){

    global $post_type, $pagenow; 

    //if we are currently on the edit screen of the post type listings
    if($pagenow == 'edit.php' && $post_type == 'comment'){

        if(isset($_GET['author_admin_filter'])){

            //set the query variable for 'author' to the desired value
            $author_id = sanitize_text_field($_GET['author_admin_filter']);

            //if the author is not 0 (meaning all)
            if($author_id != 0){
                $query->query_vars['author'] = $author_id;
            }

        }
    }
}

add_action('pre_get_posts','add_author_filter_to_posts_query');