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Trying to filter all searches on website by a specific category
3 replies · Started by Jen on March 30, 2020
I am trying to filter all searches on our site by a specific category. i.e. This is a teaching site so we only want the Courses category to display results.
I am struggling to find a working solution for this - although I am certain it is an easy fix. My preference would be to do this with only code but I am not the greatest php developer so having challenges there.
I have also tried enabling Relevannsi and GP's results overrode it and I do not know enough about php to follow their solution.
Help?
Hi there,
Relevanssi should work, but if not, try this filter:
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function( $query ) {
if ( is_admin() || ! $query->is_main_query() ) {
return;
}
if ( $query->is_search ) {
$query->set( 'cat', '123' );
}
} );Just replace 123 with the ID of your category.
Let me know :)
Tom,
I popped the code in and it didn't work. After a few minutes of playing with it, I realized the issue I was having with the Relevannsi plugin was actually with the Elementor SERP page I had created. It was overriding everything else.
Argh. Thank you for your time and assistance on this.
No problem! Glad you got it working :)
