Hiya,
Do you mean that you want to be able to use the generic WP search box to search on EM-specific meta data?
I think you would need to look at a more sophisticated search solution that using the WP default for this. Plus, you might need some additional coding.
For example, take a look at Relvanssi which improves the WordPress search, and I think is extendable.
Thanks
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dlip
(@dlip)
Thanks.
I’m referring to the search box provided by Events Manager. It seems that it doesn’t recognize Categories or other Attributes. Users expect to be able to input anything into a search box, and not have to head over to the “Category” pull down in order to search by Category.
is there any way to make this possible?
As far as I know, the standard WordPress search doesn’t return category names in results so I think you’d need to do some custom coding to acheive this.
That said, it might be worth looking for an advanced search plugin that returns category names in results and can be used with custom post types.
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dlip
(@dlip)
Thanks, but I’m referring to the Search Bar that comes with Events Manager. So my question is that I’d like the user to be able to search for all attributes, such as Category, using the search bar itself. (I’m not referring to custom attributes, which I know need some coding done to make them searchable).
Please let me know. Greatly appreciated!
Unfortunately, that would still need some custom coding because category names – whether in EM or WP search – aren’t part of the text that’s searched.
