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1. joshrodgers
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   I have a wordpress site with a few custom post types.

   The other day I tried to search for something through the wordpress backend and noticed that wordpress searches posts, but not custom post type posts...is there something I need to do to enable this?

   I'm sure I'm not the only one who has ran across this issue, but for some reason I cannot find any resources on this at all.

   Thanks,
   Josh

2. SwansonPhotos
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   This may help.

3. joshrodgers
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Swanson,

   This is helpful for front-end searches, but not back-end searches. The WordPress back-end (or admin panel) is only searching through posts not custom post type posts. I was hoping there was some kind of filter or piece of code I was missing that would enable me to do that :)

   Thanks,
   Josh

4. joshrodgers
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Figured it out!!

   I didn't realize this...but I had this code in my functions file: http://pastebin.com/PVaYWQzL. Little did I know it affected both the front-end and back-end.

   After I removed the code, my search worked!!

   Thanks,
   Josh

5. SwansonPhotos
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   I am not quite sure I realize your understanding of 'Front end' and 'Back end'...

6. AmirHelzer
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   It's not quite related to the actual question, but if you're dealing with WP search, you should also checkout Relevanssi:
   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/relevanssi/

   We use it on wpml.org and wp-types.com and loving it. There no comparing between the built in WP search and this one.

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