Indexing Product Variables Post Type

Yes, it starts by making Relevanssi index the “product_variation” post type. However, there’s usually a bit more to this, as since you noticed, it’s excluded from the search.

Then on the Searching tab of Relevanssi settings, you need to uncheck “Respect exclude_from_search for custom post types”.

The final hurdle is that most WooCommerce themes restrict the search results to the post type “product” and won’t allow other post types in the results. You can circumvent that, but the look of the search results template may be bound to the “product” post type, and it may break down when you include other post types.

Hi Mikko,

Thanks for the prompt reply and for the clarification on things.

I’ve just tweaked the settings as per your suggestions and it works perfectly now.

Many thanks,

James

Hi Mikko,

Just following this up as I’ve spotted something, only the parent product has a description and price in the search results not any of the variations. Do you know if it’s possible to do this via your plugin or is this something that needs adding via the theme template coding?

Thanks,

James

What shows up in the search results page is 100% your theme. Relevanssi just gives a list of posts, and how they are displayed is your the responsibility of your theme.

Hi Mikko,

Okay thanks, it’s just a little strange why the short description and price shows up for the main parent product but not the variations (the code is very simple).

Thanks again,

James

Hi,

I have the same problem, but even if i uncheck “Respect exclude_from_search for custom post types” the search doesn’t return result for “product_variation” (but for normal product it’s work)

Do you have any idea what i can try ? (i have also talk to my editor template about this problem)

Best regards, Florian

• This reply was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by neutragelsav.

Please post to a new thread, because once a thread falls of the first page, I generally don’t see it anymore.

Most likely your theme is restricting the search results to just the product post type. Allowing product_variation will likely break things, as most WooCommerce themes are designed to only show products in search results.