Hey there,
TP works with normal WordPress search, but custom queries search or ajax search may not work as they will continue to search in the original language.
Any plugin that is doing FILTERING based on taxonomy or custom fields will work.
You can use WP_Query with the query[‘s’] parameter and it will work out-of-the-box to provide relevant posts for that key term.
The key term needs to be in same language as the current language being displayed when loading that page. In code, posts returned will be in the default language (IDs, post title, post content etc.) but the content echoed is translated on a later hook, so it will be displayed in the translated language in front-end.
Only post title and post content are searchable in translated languages, external custom fields such as ACF are not. Depending on your setup, if you can include custom fields content inside the_content hook, then the custom fields are searchable as well.
We have documentation about how you can implement a custom search solution: https://translatepress.com/docs/developers/implementing-a-custom-search-solution/.
For the search to work on a specific post in a specific language, translation of that post content and title in that same language must exist prior to searching. If automatic translation is active, a post must be visited at least once in that specific language in order to get indexed by TP.
However, any plugin that’s using an index, like SearchWP, will not work correctly with TranslatePress.
Best Regards,
