[Resolved] Limit Search Results to Just Posts

[Heather]

Hi there,

I am trying to limit my search results to just the posts that include the search word. Right now it is bringing up both posts as well as pages (including hidden ones)/anything with the word. See this example photo, where I searched for blog but it shows 3 pages with the word blog, and a post. Is there a way to change this somewhere in the backend or in the php itself? As I have not been able to find it in the customize or settings.

[Leo]

Hi there,

Can you try this PHP snippet?

add_filter( 'generate_navigation_search_output', function() {
    printf(  
        '<form method="get" class="search-form navigation-search" action="%1$s">
            <input type="search" class="search-field" value="%2$s" name="s" title="%3$s" />
            <input type="hidden" name="post_type" value="post" />
        </form>', 
        esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ), 
        esc_attr( get_search_query() ),   
        esc_attr_x( 'Search', 'label', 'generatepress' ) 
    ); 
} );

Adding PHP: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/

Let me know if this helps 🙂

[Heather]

Could you specify where to put this php function? I tried putting it in functions.php and in the search.php and it did not work.

We are trying to limit the use of plugins so downloading a code snippet plugin is something I am trying to avoid.

The search is the built in WP search widget. Let me know if you have a better idea of where to put this code.

[Leo]

Ahh I thought you are referring to GP’s navigation search.

If it’s a WordPress default search widget then this should help:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-limit-search-results-for-specific-post-types-in-wordpress/

If you don’t want to use Code Snippets (should have minimal impact on your site), then you will need to create a child theme and add it to the function.php file of your child theme:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/using-child-theme/

[Heather]

Thanks, that code from the link worked after removing ‘posts’ from the array!

[Leo]

No problem 🙂

[Leo]

No problem 🙂

[Jim]

This works too

function remove_pages_from_search() {
    global $wp_post_types;
    $wp_post_types['page']->exclude_from_search = true;
}
add_action('init', 'remove_pages_from_search');

[Leo]

Thanks for sharing 🙂

[Author]

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