Search working also for dynamically generated content (e.g. from shortcodes)

  • Please, what could help me to achieve that WP search ?s=xxx
    works also for dynamically generated content?

    We have some shortcodes generating content from our database. Unfortunatelly, WP default search engine searches only the posts/pages content (content inserted via WP post tinyMCE editor) ??

    I have some ideas how to implement it, but it is a lot of work and maybe somebody has already solved this somehow, so no need for me to “discover America again”…

    Thanks a lot for any hints, links or ideas!

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  • Insert into THEME_DIR/functions.php

    add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', array('myClass','wphook__pre_get_posts'), 1 );

class myClass{

	protected $isMainLoop = TRUE;

	public function wphook__pre_get_posts( $query ){
		if( ! $this->isMainLoop ){
			return $query;
		}
		$this->isMainLoop = FALSE;

		if( $query->is_search ){
			$query->set('post_type',array('post','books','portfolio','another_custom_post_type'));

		}
		return $query;
	}
}

    Thread Starter crysman

    (@crysman)

    I had to modify it like this to stop PHP complaining about “using this in wrong context”:

    class myCustomSearch{
  	protected $isMainLoop = TRUE;

  	public function wphook__pre_get_posts( $query ){
  		if( ! $this->isMainLoop ){
  			return $query;
  		}
  		$this->isMainLoop = FALSE;

  		if( $query->is_search ){
  			$query->set('post_type', array('post','page'));
  		}
  		return $query;
  	}
  }
  $myCustomSearch = new myCustomSearch();
  add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', array($myCustomSearch,'wphook__pre_get_posts'), 1 );

    (I had to create an object and pass it to the add_filter)

    But it does not work. It finds nothing in the dynamically generated content. Any further ideas? ??

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