[Support request] Search bar functionality

[Harsha Kiran Gudibandi]

Hey again. I have something that’s not really a problem, it’s just a matter of preference. When I use the search bar to search for ‘law’, posts with the words containing “law” like ‘lawn’ show up. Is there a way I can fix this to get only exact matches? https://whattobecome.com/?s=law

Thanks in advance

[David]

Hi there,

you can try adding this PHP Snippet:

add_action('pre_get_posts', 'my_make_search_exact', 10);
function my_make_search_exact($query){

    if(!is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() && $query->is_search) :
        $query->set('exact', true);
    endif;

}

It should make the search query match words exactly.

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