Search Results not working as expected

Resolved icommstudios
(@icommstudios)

10 years, 8 months ago
First off, great plugin! It works really well but I am having some weird results when performing a search. I am using relevanassi and Search Autocomplete along with Ajax Load More.

Here’s what’s happening:
When search for the term “long” (http://goodwillsp.wpengine.com/search/long) – The preloaded posts contain the term but when you load more through the ajax button, they seem to just be random and do not contain the search term. Below is the shortcode I am using.
```
<?php if ( have_posts()) :
$cat = get_category( get_query_var( 'cat' ) );
$category = $cat->slug;
$term = $_GET['term'];
$author = get_the_author_meta('ID');
echo do_shortcode('[ajax_load_more post_type="post" preloaded="true" category="'.$category.'" author="'.$author.'" search="'.$term.'" posts_per_page="4" pause="true" transition="fade" button_label="Load More"]');
endif; ?>
```
Additionally, if you search for “WordPress” (http://goodwillsp.wpengine.com/search/wordpress/), the autocomplete shows there are 3 matching results but no posts are preloaded and nothing displays.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajax-load-more/

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Plugin Author Darren Cooney
(@dcooney)

10 years, 8 months ago

Sorry to hear you are having issues.
Does the search work if you turn preloaded off?

Also, ALM doesn’t integrate with Relevansi or SearchWP. It’s something I want to do shortly, but currently its a standard WP 's' query.

Thread Starter icommstudios
(@icommstudios)

10 years, 8 months ago

Wow, quickest response ever! No, unfortunately it does not work with preloaded off. (http://goodwillsp.wpengine.com/search/wordpress/) If I switch to the default loop and not ALM I get the expected results. Any ideas? I’ll be glad to provide WP login details.

Plugin Author Darren Cooney
(@dcooney)

10 years, 8 months ago

I’m going to guess that it’s because you are specifying categories and authors – somehow that isn’t working with the additional search query.

Do you know if you can do this using a standard WP query?
Thread Starter icommstudios
(@icommstudios)

10 years, 8 months ago
Ok, I’ve modified the shortcode and now all posts display. It’s not filtering by search term at all. Very weird…
```
<?php if ( have_posts()) :
$term = $_GET['term'];
echo do_shortcode('[ajax_load_more post_type="post" search="'.$term.'" posts_per_page="4" pause="true" transition="fade" button_label="Load More"]');
endif; ?>
```
Plugin Author Darren Cooney
(@dcooney)

10 years, 8 months ago

Can you confirm $term is actually being set?

Thread Starter icommstudios
(@icommstudios)

10 years, 8 months ago

I am not sure it’s being sent. Shouldn’t I see the search term if I echo $term?

Plugin Author Darren Cooney
(@dcooney)

10 years, 8 months ago

Yea. or in the console where the shortcode is converted to html.

Thread Starter icommstudios
(@icommstudios)

10 years, 8 months ago

Ok, I assume that is data-search? If yes, then it is NOT being sent. How can we trouble-shoot? BTW, you response time is insane!

Screenshot

Plugin Author Darren Cooney
(@dcooney)

10 years, 8 months ago

What does the URL look like when you search?
The way you are handling the search is you require a querystring value.

Like so: http://connekthq.com/plugins/ajax-load-more/examples/search-results/?term=WordPress

Thread Starter icommstudios
(@icommstudios)

10 years, 8 months ago

It is being rewritten b/c I use a theme framework called Roots/Sage. That is part of their cleanup.

My search url is rewritten to: http://goodwillsp.wpengine.com/search/locate/ – “Locate” being the search term.

Plugin Author Darren Cooney
(@dcooney)

10 years, 8 months ago

Ok, then you might to parse the url to extract the string to pass to ajax load more.

Thread Starter icommstudios
(@icommstudios)

10 years, 8 months ago

Understood. Here’s a quick test I ran. I turned off the re-write so now my search url is http://goodwillsp.wpengine.com/?s=locate. I then changed the $term = $_GET[‘term’]; to $term = $_GET[‘s’]; and now the search term is being passed BUT no results are showing…. See here: http://goodwillsp.wpengine.com/?s=locate

Would you take a look at this if I provide login details? I love your plugin and have purchased the custom repeater templates and preload plugin add-ons. I really want to keep using it for this and future projects!

Thread Starter icommstudios
(@icommstudios)

10 years, 8 months ago

If yes, just send me your email and I will send separately.

Plugin Author Darren Cooney
(@dcooney)

10 years, 8 months ago

Sure – tomorrow i can.
Can you sue the contact form on my website?
https://connekthq.com/contact/

Thread Starter icommstudios
(@icommstudios)

10 years, 8 months ago

Email sent to https://connekthq.com/contact/ – Please let me know if you require further explanation of the theme structure. Thanks so much. You have great support!

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