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Hi Danny,

Add these codes in functions.php:

For search results page:

function exclude_pages_from_search($query) {
    if ( $query->is_main_query() && is_search() ) {
        $query->set( 'post_type', 'post' );
    }
    return $query;
}
add_filter( 'pre_get_posts','exclude_pages_from_search' );

For dropdown search result:

function avf_modify_ajax_search_query($search_parameters) {
	parse_str($search_parameters, $params);
	$params['post_type'] = 'post';
	$search_parameters = http_build_query($params);
	return $search_parameters;
}

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

Hope it helps :)

Best regards,
Nikko

Hi Danny,

Yes, you need both. The dropdown is the search results that come like a preview to a search field in your header.

Best regards,
Victoria

Hi Danny,

Do you want to give different results depending on the user role?
If yes, then you can use if-else conditions then base it on Roles and Capabilities: https://wordpress.org/support/article/roles-and-capabilities/
Otherwise, you need to filter it based on the page where the user is on then use Conditional Tags: https://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags

Best regards,
Nikko

Hi Danny,

I see, please replace the codes I gave with the following:

For search results page:

function exclude_pages_from_search($query) {
    if ( $query->is_main_query() && is_search() && !is_admin() ) {
        $query->set( 'post_type', 'post' );
    }
    return $query;
}
add_filter( 'pre_get_posts','exclude_pages_from_search' );

For dropdown search result:

function avf_modify_ajax_search_query($search_parameters) {
	if ( !is_admin() ) {
		parse_str($search_parameters, $params);
		$params['post_type'] = 'post';
		$search_parameters = http_build_query($params);
	}
	return $search_parameters;
}

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

Best regards,
Nikko

Hi Danny,

Can you give us a link to your site? and also some keywords to search to test this.

Best regards,
Nikko

Hi Danny,

Thanks, can you try to remove the conditional statement from this code I gave:

function avf_modify_ajax_search_query($search_parameters) {
	if ( !is_admin() ) {
		parse_str($search_parameters, $params);
		$params['post_type'] = 'post';
		$search_parameters = http_build_query($params);
	}
	return $search_parameters;
}

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

so it should be (just like the previous):

function avf_modify_ajax_search_query($search_parameters) {
	parse_str($search_parameters, $params);
	$params['post_type'] = 'post';
	$search_parameters = http_build_query($params);
	return $search_parameters;
}

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

Then test if it works properly, then also test if it affects the backend.

Best regards,
Nikko

Hi dannyl82,

We’re glad to hear that :)
Thanks for using Enfold and have a great day!

Best regards,
Nikko