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Site Search Pulling Back Unexpected Results
1 reply · Started by MMS on March 24, 2023
Hi, From the home page or any post/page on my site https://makemesustainable.com the search function (In the menu top right) pulls back the relevant page(s) but also for some searches also brings back a blank tile with the home page as the result. How can I prevent a search from showing anything other than the correct search results? (See screenshot) In the example screenshot I searched for the partial match 'Tru' as in Tru Earth detergent.
https://imgur.com/a/MSKXqdZ
Hi there,
WP search isn't particularly great, you can filter its results with a PHP Snippet.
For example, this trys to exact match the search:
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;
}Otherwise you may want to consider a dedicated search plugin that has more options to control the filter.
