How to Include All Public Post Types in WordPress Search
| Published 28.04.2012 by | Last modified 19.11.2019 |
This snippet will automatically include all public post types (that have not been excluded from searches), in your WordPress search results.
Instructions
Add this to your functions.php file
function wpsnippet_include_post_types_in_search($query) {
if(is_search() && is_main_query()) {
$post_types = get_post_types(array('public' => true, 'exclude_from_search' => false), 'objects');
$searchable_types = array();
if($post_types) {
foreach( $post_types as $type) {
$searchable_types[] = $type->name;
}
}
$query->set('post_type', $searchable_types);
}
return $query;
}
add_action('pre_get_posts', 'wpsnippet_include_post_types_in_search');
