Mustafa Bharmal

Because LIKE in MySQL is case-insensitive but string-based, searching “6805” fails if WordPress sanitizes s as a string and skips numeric-only values.

Solution: cast search term to string and force a meta query even for numbers, add this before $query->set(‘s’, ”);:

$searchterm = strval($query->query_vars['s']);

Also, add ‘type’ => ‘CHAR’ in your meta query:

$meta_query[] = array(
  'key'     => $cf,
  'value'   => $searchterm,
  'compare' => 'LIKE',
  'type'    => 'CHAR',
);

This makes numeric searches like “6805” work.

This issue occurs because the old role data is stored in the database (wp_user_roles option).
To fix it, first remove the existing role, then recreate it cleanly:

// Step 1: Remove old role (run once)
remove_role('my_role');

Then run your code block again. I hope it will work.

Yeah, Initially the WordPress will save all its post to the auto-draft state, until and unless you published the particular post. Try to change the status of post from the draft to published and see if you get the result you are expecting.