<?php /* ############################## ########### Search ########### ############################## Included are steps to help make this script easier for other to follow All you have to do is add custom ACF post types into Step 1 and custom taxonomies into Step 10 I also updated this work to include XSS and SQL injection projection [list_searcheable_acf list all the custom fields we want to include in our search query] @return [array] [list of custom fields] */ // Define list of ACF fields you want to search through - do NOT include taxonomies here function list_searcheable_acf(){ $list_searcheable_acf = array( "your", "acf", "non-repeater", "field-names", "here", "repeater" => array( "repeater-sub-field1", "repeater-sub-field2" ) ); return $list_searcheable_acf; } /* * [advanced_custom_search search that encompasses ACF/advanced custom fields and taxonomies and split expression before request] * @param [query-part/string] $search [the initial "where" part of the search query] * @param [object] $wp_query [] * @return [query-part/string] $search [the "where" part of the search query as we customized] * modified from gist: https://gist.github.com/FutureMedia/9581381/73afa809f38527d57f4213581eeae6a8e5a1340a * see https://vzurczak.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/extend-the-default-wordpress-search/ * credits to Vincent Zurczak for the base query structure/spliting tags section and Sjouw for comment cleanup */ function advanced_custom_search( $search, $wp_query ) { global $wpdb; if ( empty( $search )) { return $search; } // 1- get search expression $terms_raw = $wp_query->query_vars[ 's' ]; // 2- check search term for XSS attacks $terms_xss_cleared = strip_tags($terms_raw); // 3- do another check for SQL injection, use WP esc_sql $terms = esc_sql($terms_xss_cleared); // 4- explode search expression to get search terms $exploded = explode( ' ', $terms ); if( $exploded === FALSE || count( $exploded ) == 0 ) { $exploded = array( 0 => $terms ); } // 5- setup search variable as a string $search = ''; // 6- get searcheable_acf, a list of advanced custom fields you want to search content in $list_searcheable_acf = list_searcheable_acf(); // 7- get custom table prefixes, thanks to Brian Douglas @bmdinteractive on github for this improvement $table_prefix = $wpdb->prefix; // 8- search through tags, inject each into SQL query foreach( $exploded as $tag ) { $search .= " AND ( (".$table_prefix."posts.post_title LIKE '%$tag%') OR (".$table_prefix."posts.post_excerpt LIKE '%$tag%') OR (".$table_prefix."posts.post_content LIKE '%$tag%') ". // 9- Adds to $search DB data from custom post types "OR EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM ".$table_prefix."postmeta WHERE post_id = ".$table_prefix."posts.ID AND ("; // 9b - reads through $list_searcheable_acf array to see which custom post types you want to include in the search string $metaStatements = array(); foreach ($list_searcheable_acf as $key => $searcheable_acf) { if ( is_array( $searcheable_acf ) ) { foreach ( $searcheable_acf as $repeater_acf ) { array_push( $metaStatements, "(meta_key LIKE '" . $key . "_%_" . $repeater_acf . "' AND meta_value LIKE '%$tag%')" ); } } else { array_push( $metaStatements, "(meta_key = '" . $searcheable_acf . "' AND meta_value LIKE '%$tag%')" ); } } $search .= join( $metaStatements, "\n OR " ); $search .= ") )". // 10- Adds to $search DB data from comments "OR EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM ".$table_prefix."comments WHERE comment_post_ID = ".$table_prefix."posts.ID AND comment_content LIKE '%$tag%' )". // 11 - Adds to $search DB data from taxonomies "OR EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM ".$table_prefix."terms INNER JOIN ".$table_prefix."term_taxonomy ON ".$table_prefix."term_taxonomy.term_id = ".$table_prefix."terms.term_id INNER JOIN ".$table_prefix."term_relationships ON ".$table_prefix."term_relationships.term_taxonomy_id = ".$table_prefix."term_taxonomy.term_taxonomy_id". // 11b- Add custom taxonomies here " WHERE ( taxonomy = 'your' OR taxonomy = 'custom' OR taxonomy = 'taxonomies' OR taxonomy = 'here' ) AND object_id = ".$table_prefix."posts.ID AND ".$table_prefix."terms.name LIKE '%$tag%' )". ")"; // closes $search } // closes foreach return $search; } // closes function advanced_custom_search // 12- use add_filter to put advanced_custom_search into the posts_search results add_filter( 'posts_search', 'advanced_custom_search', 500, 2 );