hey…………You can do this with the help of this plugin Search Everything. No need to hardcode
Hi Ritesh
Yes i have that plugin and other ones too, however when i search for a term, the original post comes up, not the comments. The plugins do not offer an option to do this, but i would love some help
(@yellowmans)
10 years, 1 month ago
hello guys
i need help. i would like to set search capabilities for visitors to page elcosito.com. as of now a search brings up nothing. I would like to set it up to search the comments content. i bet is hard but im willing to do the work
i am not a coder but good at following directions. the wordpress instructions tell me to delete ´the loop´ and everything within my ´div´ but not sure (dont wanna screw anything up) were de div starts and ends?. here are the instrucions, help… anyone?
1. Using a text editor, open the page.php and save as searchpage.php. (Note: The filename search.php is reserved as a special template name, so avoid its usage; the suggested searchpage.php just makes it easy to recognize in the list of files.)
2. After saving it, edit the file:
Delete The Loop (i.e. basically everything within your content div), leaving the div tags intact.
Add a heading such as “Search Posts” or something similar. You can use an existing class from your CSS style sheet, or create a new one.
Copy the following into the content div or any other div that contains the content of your Page: