Restricting fields on certain custom post types

Hi @jamessui-1,

Thank you for your message.

Unfortunately, there is no such possibility. The plugin does not affect Custom Post Types searches. The plugin detects the “s” parameter contained in the SQL query and handles it by extending the query to the database.

Best,
Mateusz

Thanks – is it possible to turn it off for certain “s” queries?

@jamessui-1 You can use the following filter:

add_filter( 'acfbs_is_available', function ( $is_active ) {
	return $is_active;
} );

By modifying return true/false you can turn the search on and off. The filter is used during the init hook. More information can be found in the plugin code in this file.

Thanks for the reply, I’ve tried adding the this code to functions.php to turn off ACF Better Search on a specific CPT archive, but it’s still searching all custom fields, any suggestions?

	add_filter( 'acfbs_is_available', function ( $is_active ) {
		if ( is_post_type_archive('past_winners') ) {
			return false;
		} else {
			return $is_active;
		}
	} );

@jamessui-1 Please set the returned value permanently to false and then check if searching among ACF fields has stopped working. If so, the filter is working and the problem is in your condition.

Thanks for the reply – yeah, if I change the returned value to permanently false it disables searching in ACF fields, on that post type archive page and across the whole site. Any idea why is_post_type_archive doesn’t work within this function? I’ve tried the same condition within a pre_get_posts function to change posts_per_page to test the condition, and that seems to work. Any suggestions?