How do I add custom fields to the search form?

  • Resolved Talantbek

    (@talantbek)


    3 years, 10 months ago

    Hi, WP FullText Search team.

    First of all, thanks for developing such a great search plugin that helps improve the WordPress search form.

    I looked for information in the plugin description as well as in the documentation.
    But I couldn’t find any information on how to add custom fields for the search form.
    Can I add my own search fields or include taxonomies and post meta fields?

    Thanks in advance. I hope this is possible.

    Example of a search form

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  • Plugin Author Epsiloncool

    (@epsiloncool)

    Hi @talantbek

    There is no inbuilt form constructor in the plugin because it’s a relatively huge task (if we want to make this constructor relatively universal) and a bit separate from the search itself.

    I would recommend you to use form builder plugins that are just a lot of ready-created now.

    What the WPFTS wants to work is the search string, that could be sent via URL “s” parameter. Additionally, you can send other WP_Query parameters via URL params. These parameters can be generated from your form.

    Thanks!

    Thread Starter Talantbek

    (@talantbek)

    Thanks for the detailed answer.

    Could you please show an example of how I can send a string from my form if I use taxonomies and meta fields?

    The main question is how can I get my custom search form to work with WPFTS?

    My search form should search not only by title or text but by category and by date of creation too.

    Thanks.

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