Displaying Products in Site Search Results

Hello,

I have tried adding the following code into the "Inside Content Container",

<?php if ( is_search() ) { ?>

<div class="tab">
  <h3> Search For : </h3>
  <button class="tablinks" onclick="location.href='/?s=<?php echo get_search_query(); ?>'">Posts & Pages</button>
  <button class="tablinks" onclick="location.href='/?s=<?php echo get_search_query(); ?>&post_type=product'">Products</button>
</div>

<?php } ?>

It sort of works (does not account for other query strings), however I dont think its the way to go...

Ideally I guess I want users to search something using the main wordpress ?s= method and get a heading for products and a heading for news etc all displaying the relevant posts below and in the relevant format (e.g woo commerce products format for the products heading).

Maybe I am just over thinking it and should either remove the menu bar search all together or just allow it to only search posts and pages, not products.

A perfect case of web development and design clashing!

Thanks,
Mike

Hello,

I am thinking more and adding to this thread.

Is there a way to make the menu bar search in the products by default instead of the site? e.g append "&post_type=product" to the query string.

Thanks,
Mike

Hello,

Another update, I did a search of the forums and found the following code that answers my above question,

add_filter( 'generate_navigation_search_output', 'tu_wc_navigation_search' );
function tu_wc_navigation_search() {
	printf(
		'<form method="get" class="search-form navigation-search" action="%1$s">
			<input type="search" class="search-field" value="%2$s" name="s" title="%2$s">
			<input type="hidden" name="post_type" value="product">
		</form>',
		esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ),
		esc_attr( get_search_query() ),
		esc_attr_x( 'Search', 'label', 'generatepress' )
	);
}

So I now have the nav search searching only products, which is fantastic.

But it does make me wonder, is there a way to display both pages & posts aswell as products on the same page as a search result however keeping the correct format...

I guess it would need PHP code that could loop through the site search results and filter products into one table formatted the same as the store and news & posts into another standard table as appears by default.

Thanks,
Mike

Hey Mike,

Glad you found that navigation search solution.

It would likely involve a decent amount of custom coding to have products and other post types all displaying the same in the search results. I'm sure it's possible, but it may be a bit out of the scope of this forum.

Have you done much searching around? There might be a solution out there already.

Let me know :)

Hi Tom,

I have done a fair bit of searching around.

I think for now I am gonna just leave it searching for products only.

Dont suppose you could let me know what you think of the site navigation in general? Do you think its fairly intuitive to find products?

Also, did you get my email about the GP licensing?

Thanks,
Mike

Just took a look around - worked nicely for me :)

I did - sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Been a busy week getting ready for GPP 1.7.

Hello Tom,

Thats good to hear, I was afraid my menu system was too complex!

I am very much looking forward to GPP 1.7!

Thanks,
Mike