[Support request] Search Results page

Hi Gloria,

Linking Search results to a WP Show Post List isn’t possible.

If you wish to exclude categories in your search results page, you would need a custom code like this: https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/162232/exclude-categories-from-search-query#:~:text=1-,Answer,-Active

Also see for how to get the Category ID: https://share.getcloudapp.com/7KuQ1KKG

You may add this code through a plugin like Code Snippets.

Hope this clarifies! 🙂

Though it is not possible through WPSP functionalities, we can add a PHP code like this to effectively link the Search Results page to a WPSP List:

add_action( 'generate_before_main_content', function() {
    if ( is_search() ) {
        wpsp_display( 1362 );
    }
} );

add_filter( 'wp_show_posts_shortcode_args', function( $args, $settings ) {
    if ( 1362  === (int) $settings['list_id'] ) {
        $args['s'] = esc_html( $_GET['s'] );
    }

    return $args;
},20,2 );

add_filter( 'generate_has_default_loop', function( $has_loop ) {
    if ( is_search() ) {
        return false;
    }

    return $has_loop;
} ); 

Tested this on my test website just now and it’s working. Kindly replace 1362 with the WPSP list ID.

You may add this custom PHP code through a plugin like Code Snippets.

Hope this helps! 🙂

• This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by Fernando.

I see. If that’s the case, if you’re using a child them, what you can do is manually remove the default loop in the search template file, and replace manually run the shortcode of the WPSP list.

Example of an edited template-parts/search.php file in Hello theme:

<?php
/**
 * The template for displaying search results.
 *
 * @package HelloElementor
 */

if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
	exit; // Exit if accessed directly.
}
?>
<main id="content" class="site-main" role="main">
	<?php 
	add_filter( 'wp_show_posts_shortcode_args', function( $args, $settings ) {
    if ( 1362  === (int) $settings['list_id'] ) {
        $args['s'] = esc_html( $_GET['s'] );
    }

    return $args;
},20,2 );
	if ( apply_filters( 'hello_elementor_page_title', true ) ) : ?>
		<header class="page-header">
			<h1 class="entry-title">
				<?php esc_html_e( 'Search results for: ', 'hello-elementor' ); ?>
				<span><?php echo get_search_query(); ?></span>
			</h1>
		</header>
	<?php endif; ?>
	<div class="page-content">
		<?php 
		echo do_shortcode('[wp_show_posts id="1362"]');
		 ?>
	</div>

	<?php wp_link_pages(); ?>

	<?php
	global $wp_query;
	if ( $wp_query->max_num_pages > 1 ) :
		?>
		<nav class="pagination" role="navigation">
			<?php /* Translators: HTML arrow */ ?>
			<div class="nav-previous"><?php next_posts_link( sprintf( __( '%s older', 'hello-elementor' ), '<span class="meta-nav">&larr;</span>' ) ); ?></div>
			<?php /* Translators: HTML arrow */ ?>
			<div class="nav-next"><?php previous_posts_link( sprintf( __( 'newer %s', 'hello-elementor' ), '<span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>' ) ); ?></div>
		</nav>
	<?php endif; ?>
</main>

As shown, I ran/added this filter:

add_filter( 'wp_show_posts_shortcode_args', function( $args, $settings ) {
    if ( 1362  === (int) $settings['list_id'] ) {
        $args['s'] = esc_html( $_GET['s'] );
    }

    return $args;
},20,2 );

and manually ran the shortcode of the WPSP list with:

echo do_shortcode('[wp_show_posts id="1362"]');

Kindly replace 1362 with the list’s ID.

Tested this with Hello Theme and it seems to be working.

Hope this clarifies. 🙂

You’re welcome Gloria! Hope it works! Feel free to reach out anytime if you’ll need assistance with anything else. 🙂