Way to restric search to a particular custom post type?

You can add a hidden input to your searchform.php (if you have one) to limit the results. Worked for me, without Relevanssi though.

<input type="hidden" name="post_type" value="your-cpt-slug">

Check here in the WP Code Reference

@ngp13, do you have installed plugin “SearchWP Live Ajax Search” and no submit button?

Additional <input type="hidden" ... in searchform.php doesnt limit results by post type for me!

Yes, i have the “SearchWP Live Ajax Search” plugin installed and it returns results without a submit button. In my searchform.php form i have an additional input like this:

<input type="hidden" name="post_type" value="book">

Where “book” is the slug of my Custom Post Type.

@ngp13, thanks for answer!

Dut it doesnt work for me.

I solved the issue by adding in functions.php:

  add_filter('searchwp_live_search_query_args', 'filter_live_search', 999);
  function filter_live_search( $args ) {
     $args['post_type'] = 'hotel'; 
    return $args;
  }

“hotel” is the slug of my Custom Post Type.

source: https://github.com/jchristopher/searchwp-live-ajax-search/issues/86

• This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by Sonika.
• This reply was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by Sonika.