[Resolved] Limit custom search results

[Kim]

Hi guys,

I followed Tom’s instructions from this post to create a custom search shortcode.

I was wondering if I might be able to limit what post types are returned by this search?

I have two custom post types (pay-per-view video and freeview videos) and I have a search bar at the top of the archive for both of these post types. How would I go about restricting the search result to only this post type?

Any advice is much appreciated, as always!

[Tom]

Hi there,

You’d need to do something like this, instead:

add_shortcode( 'searchform', function() {
    ob_start();
    ?>
        <form role="search" method="get" class="search-form" action="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>">
            <label>
                <span class="screen-reader-text">Search for:</span>
                <input type="search" class="search-field" placeholder="Search..." value="<?php echo get_search_query(); ?>" name="s" />
                <input type="hidden" name="post_type" value="POST_TYPE_SLUG_HERE" />
            </label>
            <input type="submit" class="search-submit" value="&#xf002" />
        </form>
    <?php
    return ob_get_clean();
} );

Then just replace POST_TYPE_SLUG_HERE with the slug of your custom post type.

[Kim]

Awesome, thanks Tom!

[Tom]

You’re welcome 🙂

[Author]

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