Question

Is there a way using WordPress to modify the native search function, so that only posts of a specific page template are show. For example:

add_filter(‘pre_get_posts’,’searchfilter’);

function searchfilter($query) {

    if ($query->is_search) {
        $query->set('post_template','a-template-name'); // Pseudocode
    }

    return $query;

}

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Try this:

function searchfilter($query) {

if ($query->is_search) {
    $query->set('meta_key','_wp_page_template');
    $query->set('meta_value', 'page-some-template.php'); //Change filename to yours
}

return $query;

}