Search a specific category in portfolio items.

Hey Antonio,

Thank you for the inquiry.

How did you add the search form? You should be able to adjust the default search query by using the pre_get_posts filter. If you are using the AJAX search from the theme, using the get_search_query filter from the functions-enfold.php file > avia_ajax_search function should work.

This documentation should help.

// https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/#category-parameters

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Thank you for the clarification.

To adjust the query for the default AJAX search field, try to use this filter in the functions.php file.

function avf_modify_ajax_search_query($search_parameters) {
	if ( is_admin() ) return;

    parse_str($search_parameters, $params);

    if( is_page('tipos-de-cancer') ) {
		$params['post_type'] = 'portfolio_entries';
        $params['tax_query'] = array(
            array(
                'taxonomy' => 'portfolio_entries',
                'terms'    => 'cancers',
            ),
        );	
	}

    if( is_page('doctors') ) {
		$params['post_type'] = 'portfolio_entries';
        $params['tax_query'] = array(
            array(
                'taxonomy' => 'portfolio_entries',
                'terms'    => 'doctors',
            ),
        );
	}

    $search_parameters = http_build_query($params);

	return $search_parameters;
}

add_filter('avf_ajax_search_query', 'avf_modify_ajax_search_query', 10, 1);

Make sure to replace the values in the following lines with the actual names of the portfolio categories.

'terms'    => 'cancers',

====== AND ======

'terms'    => 'doctors',

You may need to adjust or use the actual name of the “doctors” page in this line.

if( is_page('doctors') ) {

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Sorry about that. The post type should be set to portfolio and not portfolio_entries. Please look for these lines..

$params['post_type'] = 'portfolio_entries';

.. and replace it with:

$params['post_type'] = 'portfolio';

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Thank you for following up.

The site is currently on maintenance mode, so we were not able to check the search field. Please post the login details in the private field and make sure that the Appearance > Theme File Editor is accessible so that we can test the modification properly.

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Thank you for the info.

We adjusted the code in the functions.php file but it doesn’t seem to be taking effect. Is there some kind of server or hosting cache for the site?

Please include the FTP login details in the private field so that we can edit the files properly. This is the adjusted code in the functions.php file.

function ava_search_filter_get_posts($query) {
    $terms = is_page( 110 ) ? 13 : 12;

    if ( ! $query->is_search ) return $query;

    $tax_query = $query->get( 'tax_query' ) ? : array();

    $tax_query[] = array(
        'taxonomy' => 'portfolio_entries',
        'terms'    => $terms,
    );

    $query->set( 'tax_query', $tax_query );
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'ava_search_filter_get_posts' );

Best regards,
Ismael