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1. rapture
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Hello everyone,

   Heres the issue at hand.

   ive got a search function at the beginning of the page and later down ive got a query function that basically pulls out the latests posts from a specific category. However when i do a search, it displays all the results in that category for no reason.

   But when i remove the query function, the search function works perfectly.

   The search code is the default that usually comes with wordpress and the custom display specific category code is as follows:

   <?php query_posts('cat=3&showposts=5'); ?>
   
   <ul>
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
   <?php endwhile;?>
   </ul>

   It seems as if that code needs to be closed somewhere.

   Could someone help me figure this out.

   Thanks

2. Johnny B
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I too would like to know this. Does query_posts() contaminate the search function?

   My sidebar.php is heavily modified (query_posts is called twice) and the default WP search function doesn't work as expected. I have done a number of test searches in which I copy text directly from the content of a published post...and it is no where to be found in the search results. It also seems to have more luck finding matches from a year ago than anything recent. Anyway...any thoughts on these issues?

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