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Asked: 2026-05-30T01:29:49+00:00

How can I tell the default WordPress search function to also look at the

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How can I tell the default WordPress search function to also look at the postmeta data?

For example, I have a postameta key called ‘item_number’ and if someone searches ‘113’, I’d like for it to check the key’s value as well as the post content.

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  1. Editorial Team

    This site provided the answer I was looking for:
    http://flav36rs.com/2010/03/15/extend-wordpress-search-to-include-custom-post-meta/

    There are some helpful comments below the tutorial worth looking at if you run into problems.

    EDIT:

    The above link is dead.

    Ultimately, I ended up writing a complete custom search query using JOINS to build the query I needed.

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