Title: Post Meta Searcher Author: lukerollans Published: July 25, 2013 Last modified: December 6, 2013 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/post-meta-searcher/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=746187) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/post-meta-searcher_cbcac9.svg) # Post Meta Searcher By [lukerollans](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hellolukerollansme/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/post-meta-searcher.1.2.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-meta-searcher/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-meta-searcher/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-meta-searcher/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-meta-searcher/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-searcher/) ## Description When activated, forces any WordPress Search Query to query against post meta data as part of the search criteria. This also enables you to search against custom fields without the need of specifying any meta keys. For example, if you have a custom field named “Colour” or something similar on your posts, running a search for “Blue” will return any posts with “Colour” set to “Blue”. This is just one example. The plugin will work with any field. ## Installation 1. Upload the `post-meta-searcher` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## FAQ How do I use the plugin? All you need to do is activate the plugin. Once activated, any WordPress Search Query that is made will also query against post meta as part of the search criteria. How does the plugin work? Whenever a WordPress Search Query is run, the plugin will tell WordPress to search against any custom fields you may be using in your posts on top of the default search behavior using the keywords specified in the search. Can I deactivate the plugin for specific search queries? At this moment, no. This will be a feature implemented in 1.1 ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/75dfd943494a619f1b80cc2a4fd4371d2107a4952530b4ca02eea6631caab6da? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[مرکز خرید فروش اجاره تعمیر خودرو ماشین ایرانی و خ](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/%d9%85%d8%b1%da%a9%d8%b2-%d8%ae%d8%b1%db%8c%d8%af-%d9%81%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b4-%d8%a7%d8%ac%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%87-%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%85%db%8c%d8%b1-%d8%ae%d9%88%d8%af%d8%b1%d9%88-%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b4%db%8c%d9%86/)󠁿 [myehrajat](https://profiles.wordpress.org/myehrajat/) February 8, 2017 مرکز خرید فروش اجاره تعمیر خودرو ماشین ایرانی و خارجی – خدمات خودروی طباطبایی [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-searcher/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Post Meta Searcher” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ lukerollans ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hellolukerollansme/) [Translate “Post Meta Searcher” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/post-meta-searcher) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-meta-searcher/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/post-meta-searcher/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/post-meta-searcher/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/post-meta-searcher/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.2 * Fixed bug causing non default prefixed posts table to be queried incorrectly #### 1.1 * Small security update #### 1.0 * Initial release of plugin ## Meta * Version **1.2** * Last updated **13 years ago** * Active installations **100+** * WordPress version ** 2.5 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.7.41** * Tags * [advanced search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/advanced-search/)[custom search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-search/) [search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-meta-searcher/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 4 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-searcher/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-searcher/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-searcher/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-searcher/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-searcher/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-searcher/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-meta-searcher/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ lukerollans ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hellolukerollansme/) ## Support Got something to say? 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