You can add the code below to your theme functions.php file
add_filter( "shortcode_atts_adverts_list", "my_custom_shortcode_atts", 10, 3 );
add_filter( "adverts_list_query", "my_custom_shortcode_param", 10, 2 );
function my_custom_shortcode_atts( $out, $pairs, $att ) {
$out["_location"] = "";
if(isset($att["_location"])) {
$out["_location"] = $att["_location"];
}
return $out;
}
function my_custom_shortcode_param($args, $params) {
if(!empty($params["_location"])) {
$args["meta_query"][] = array('key'=>'adverts_location', 'value'=>$params["_location"], 'compare'=>'LIKE');
}
return $args;
}
it will register “_location” param in the [adverts_list] shortcode, so now you will be able to use the shortcode as
[adverts_list _location="New York"]
the displayed results should be exactly the same as when entering “New York” in location input.
I had the code working this morning, but I am unable to replicate what I had. I even restored my website to a back up point to start from scratch.. Is another option to list by location?
Update****
So the function is just returning any listing that I have updated the location with the google api that automatically generates a location category.
See example below:
https://thegaylordboxexchange.com/5-ply-gaylord-boxes/
I entered these 6 variations to my page and they all return the same results. The result I used an old location category that I previously entered. Still I get the same results.
[adverts_list _location=”CA”]
[adverts_list _location=”California”]
[adverts_list _location=”Chicago”]
[adverts_list _location=”Illinois”]
[adverts_list _location=”illinois”]
[adverts_list _location=”Glendale”]
I entered these 6 shortcode variations into to my page and each one of them returned the same listings. As for the 6th shortcode, I used an old location category that I had previously entered.***
I see you are aslo using the MAL add-on, it will not work with the above code snippet, you would need to disable the MAL search as it accepts search params from the query string only, modify the my_custom_shortcode_param() function to look like this
function my_custom_shortcode_param($args, $params) {
if(!empty($params["_location"])) {
remove_filter( "adverts_list_query", "wpadverts_mal_search_location" );
$args["meta_query"][] = array('key'=>'adverts_location', 'value'=>$params["_location"], 'compare'=>'LIKE');
}
return $args;
}
