Weighting ignored in front-end

  • Resolved katiewsi

    (@katiewsi)


    1 month, 4 weeks ago

    Hi,

    Love your plugin, so thank you!

    We seem to be having an issue where weighting is working in the admin search you suggest checking, but in the front-end search it is showing something different. The admin search shows the correct order based on the weighting options.

    Content: 5
    Titles: 100
    Comment Text: 1
    Tag weight: 1
    Category weight: 50

    Not sure what is going on, I have disabled cache and that doesn’t work? We’re using Elementor template for the search…?

    Thanks so much,
    Katie

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  • Plugin Author Mikko Saari

    (@msaari)

    Remove the e_search_props parameter from the search. That’s what is ruining the search results.

    You can remove the parameter from the search form, or you can try disabling it with this snippet:

    add_filter( 'relevanssi_modify_wp_query', function( $query ) {
      $query->set( 'e_search_props', '' );
      return $query;
    } );
    Thread Starter katiewsi

    (@katiewsi)

    Thanks for the super speedy reply!

    I tried the snippet and that didn’t work…

    Many thanks,
    Katie

    Plugin Author Mikko Saari

    (@msaari)

    If that doesn’t work, then you somehow need to remove this field from your search form:

    <input type="hidden" name="e_search_props" value="2022cce-8100">

    You can ask Elementor support about this; it would be good if they get feedback that this is causing problems with third-party plugins and they need to make it possible to remove this field.

    Thread Starter katiewsi

    (@katiewsi)

    Elementor haven’t got a fix, told me they will add it as a feature request…

    Thread Starter katiewsi

    (@katiewsi)

    This JavaScript works for anyone experiencing the same issue:

    if (window.location.search.indexOf('e_search_props') !== -1) {
        var url = new URL(window.location.href);
        
        // Remove the 'e_search_props' parameter
        url.searchParams.delete('e_search_props');
        
        // Redirect to the new URL without the 'e_search_props' parameter
        window.location.replace(url);
    }
    Plugin Author Mikko Saari

    (@msaari)

    Very good, thanks!

    I had the same problem— the title wasn’t getting proper weighting. I used @katiewsi’s snippet, but I modified it a bit because it was causing a redirect in my case. Here is the code I used in functions.php:

    function add_custom_script() {
        ?>
        <script>
        (function() {
            if (window.location.search.indexOf('e_search_props') !== -1) {
                var url = new URL(window.location.href);

                url.searchParams.delete('e_search_props');

                window.location.replace(url.href);
            }
        })();
        </script>
        <?php
    }
    add_action('wp_head', 'add_custom_script');

    Another option is to use the Elementor Pro Code Editor:

    Go to: Elementor → Custom Code → Add New
    Set Location: <body> – Start
    Add the following script:

    <script>
    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
        var hiddenField = document.querySelector('input[name="e_search_props"]');
        if (hiddenField) {
            hiddenField.remove();
        }
    });
    </script>
    • This reply was modified 2 weeks, 4 days ago by liikalat. Reason: added another solution
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