Search returns all posts when searched for domain name ex. (google.com)

Here’s my guess: your all posts have the word “com” in them, and you’re using OR search. Relevanssi replaces periods with spaces, so “google.com” becomes “google com”.

Also, are you sure the site is actually using Relevanssi? The search term parameter on your site is “shop_search”, not “s”, and Relevanssi doesn’t know that.

This search is more likely powered by Relevanssi: https://dev.shoptrust.ch/?s=shoptrust

And that doesn’t find every post if you search for “google.com”, only a couple of posts with the word “com” in them: https://dev.shoptrust.ch/?s=google.com

Hi Mikko,

Thanks for the answers.

Search is powered by relevanssi, I only use a custom parameter “shop_search” and a custom WP_Query which I pass to relevanssi to search only specific post types “webshop”. Docs: https://www.relevanssi.com/knowledge-base/relevanssi_do_query/

You can also check this in Admin grid when you try to search for posts. This option can be enabled from Relevanssi settings. This can be tested in any WordPress installation.

Yes I use AND search.

My problem was in that I don’t get a result on TOP 1 position which has exactly “google.com” and then after to have every variation of words.
This problem I have fixed by setting “orderby” parameter in WP_Query to value “relevassi”. It now works.

If you can go here again: https://dev.shoptrust.ch/zertifizierte-shoptrust-shops-finden/

1. Try searching “felbo” – you will get 1 result and it will be “felbo.ch”
2. Try searching “felbo.ch” – You will get all the results which contain “ch” (which is every webshop in this project)

Please check the current settings

Can you show me the code you’re using with relevanssi_do_query()?

In any case, I can’t help much without seeing what’s going on inside the process – what kind of parameters Relevanssi gets, and what it passes on; whether the problem is in Relevanssi or the theme. That kind of debugging process is, however, too involved for this forum.

Hi Mikko,

As I said before: This can be tested in any ADMIN SEARCH (Data grid -> right corner) on any theme, on any post or post type. see

Just one note, Wp Core search works ok. If a I search for example ‘felbo.com’ I get 1 result back.

Here is the code which I use on front only.

<?php 

$paged = ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) ? get_query_var( 'paged' ) : 1;
$sort = filter_input(INPUT_GET, 'sort');
$certificate_type = filter_input(INPUT_GET, 'certificate_type');
$shop_search = filter_input(INPUT_GET, 'shop_search');

$query_args = array(
	'posts_per_page' 	=> 6,
	'post_type' 		=> 'webshop',
	'orderby' 		=> 'title',
	'order'   		=> 'ASC',
	'paged'			=> $paged,
	'meta_query' => array()
	);

if($sort)
{
	$query_args['order'] = $sort;

}else{

	$query_args['orderby'] = 'relevanssi';
	$query_args['order'] = '';
}

if($certificate_type)
{
	$query_args['meta_query'] = array(
		array(
			'key' => 'webshop_certificate',
			'value' => $certificate_type,
			'compare' => '='
			)
		);
}

$query = new WP_Query( $query_args );

if(function_exists('relevanssi_do_query') && $shop_search)
{
	$query->query_vars['s'] = $shop_search;
	$query->query_vars['posts_per_page'] = 6;
	relevanssi_do_query($query);
}
?>

As I said this is acceptable for us now. Relevanssi gets us what we need exactly on 1st place and after he gets variations of [words].
In other words he works like [OR] is enabled, but it is not. [AND] is enabled and [FALLBACK TO OR] is also disabled.

Relevanssi configuration see

Thanks for the help.
Best regards

If I search for “google.com” on my site’s admin, I get 19 results, all of which include the word “google.com”, ie. the search works as it should. This has something to do with how your site is working.

“relevanssi” is not a correct parameter for “orderby”, it should be “relevance”. I think “order” should default to “DESC”, but it’s better to be explicit about it.

You may also try setting the “operator” parameter explicitly to “AND”.

Hi Mikko,

I have changed the parameter to ‘relevance’.
And set operator: $query->query_vars['operator'] = 'and';

with no luck.

I’ll try to see if something else is affecting my search results, as you say.

In any case
Thank you for the help, and fast response
Best regards