Adding Salary Field To Custom Search

Hi Brayden,

I haven’t tested it, but it should be pretty much like https://wpjobmanager.com/document/tutorial-adding-a-salary-field-for-jobs/#section-4

The big difference is needing to copy the HTML into your custom form instead of just hooking it into the default.

Cheers!

Hi Brandon,

Thanks for your response however I have already tried that with no luck. When I put the html code into my custom search template the salary field appears on the custom search and the drop down allows me to select an option but when I search it does not filter the search results correctly (it shows all the salary options, not the one I have selected)

I really need help with this because I have created my own custom fields (similar to the salary field) and I have added them all into my custom search template by adding the HTML and all the fields appear correctly but yet when I press search they do not filter.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi there!

After looking into this a bit more, it turns out that using a salary field with a custom search form won’t work. ?? This is because the plugin only looks for search keywords, location, and category in the query string:

https://github.com/Automattic/WP-Job-Manager/blob/1.23.13/includes/class-wp-job-manager-shortcodes.php#L241-L250

Sorry I can’t be of more help here!

Adam,

Thanks for the response, however, is there anyway I could do this? I would be willing to add some custom code in myself but i’m just not sure where I would start.

Like I said, I can get the salary field to appear on my custom search with the proper drop-down items, but selecting an item does not filter it on the search.

Would I be able to add something a long the lines of this?

if ( ! empty( $_GET[‘search_salary’] ) ) {
$keywords = sanitize_text_field( $_GET[‘search_salary’] );
}

In reference to this:
https://github.com/Automattic/WP-Job-Manager/blob/1.23.13/includes/class-wp-job-manager-shortcodes.php#L241-L250

You could do that I suppose, but two things:

1. Adding custom code into the core files of any plugin is a Bad Idea, because it’ll just be overwritten the next time the plugin updates itself.
2. We can’t really support or help you write custom code like this.

So yeah, feel free to try it, but keep in mind the caveats above.

Sorry I can’t be of more help here!

Hi Adam or Mike,

Sorry for bringing up an old thread but i’m still stuck on this and I believe there is an easy way to do it.

To summarize the problem: I have created a salary field (with your tutorial) this salary field filters perfectly and works perfectly on the main job filters using the [jobs] shortcode.

However, the salary field becomes unfunctionable when I use it in a custom search form, the field shows up and the options show up but when i press search it does not filter the results.

Earlier you said the plugin only looks for search keywords and location, but how come the salary field search works perfectly in the job filters?

Please take a look at my codes, perhaps you will see something I am doing wrong.

https://gist.github.com/anonymous/556ea443d69a1d6d2969

Earlier you said the plugin only looks for search keywords and location, but how come the salary field search works perfectly in the job filters?

Because in that case WP Job Manager doesn’t need to read the salary info from the query string. Only three things are read from the query string, as you can see here:

https://github.com/Automattic/WP-Job-Manager/blob/1.24.0/includes/class-wp-job-manager-shortcodes.php#L241-L250

Keywords, location, and category.

That said, I’ve filed an issue for it here:

https://github.com/Automattic/WP-Job-Manager/issues/610

So we’ll see if it’s something Mike wants to add or not. Follow along at the link above for updates.

Thanks!

Hi,

I am facing same issue. Salary field filter works fine within the main job filter form but it doesn’t work in a custom form. I want to apply filters other than keyword, category and location. Is there any other way of doing this? Please guide.