"Search Unleashed" and Custom Post Types and Taxonomies

i had the same question and was able to add a couple lines to /models/spider.php to add support for custom post types.

right after this line (line 83):
$this->blog_url = get_option( 'home' );

add a line for each post type that looks like this:
$this->post_sql .= " OR {$wpdb->posts}.post_type='customname1'";
$this->post_sql .= " OR {$wpdb->posts}.post_type='customname2'";

hope that helps!

I further patched the plugin so that it would accomodate for the recently added post statuses, making it more compatible with WP3.1.

So, in /models/spider.php right after line 78, add this line:

$this->post_sql .= " AND {$wpdb->posts}.post_status NOT IN ('trash','future','inherit','pending','auto-draft')";

@pixeline: If I’m not mistaken, your patch would stop the search from displaying items in “trash”, “pending” and “drafts”. Is that correct?

correct!

For those that are slow in the uptake – this fix works fine, but you have to re-index after updating it.

Thenk you for the great fix alanna.scott it worked like a charm for my custom post type.
But now I have another problem – it simply doesn’t work for custom taxonomies.
Does someone know a fix for it too? It is crucial for me and I believe for many others. Too bad that the plugin haven’t got any update for the last year and a half.