@LudovicFauchet
Thank you for the suggestion, unfortunately this plugin does not go deep enough in my case.
Although I have tried another plug-in with a similar function that adds more granularity to what is extended to the system as searchable content.
http://bestwebsoft.com/plugin/custom-fields-search/
This plugin exposes custom fields set by AFC to the WordPress system search. It looks like the way sub_fields are stored are not global per-say; instead these are stored in a serialized manor inside of it’s global parent AFC field.
Example:
If I wanted every SKU available from every product item, regardless of it’s product group. The sub_field for product_group/product_item/item_sku is only available via a serialized instance/variant of the global product_group AFC field.
Data available to custom field search plugin:
Product_group
Product_group_0_
Product_group_0_group_description
Product_group_0_group_image
Product_group_0_group_title
Product_group_0_prodcut_item
Product_group_0_prodcut_item_0_item_description
Product_group_0_prodcut_item_0_item_images
Product_group_0_prodcut_item_0_item_sku
Product_group_0_prodcut_item_0_item_upc
As you can see any given product item’s data is only available if I directly target/choose to add the serialized product_group_#/product_item_# to the list.
Ideally it would be nice to have sub_field data exposed just like the parent fields, not a serialized instance of a parent.
Current: Product_group_0_prodcut_item_0_item_sku
Ideal: Product_group_prodcut_item_item_sku
Making sub_field references available globally regardless of a serialized parent relationship.
As a sudo fix for my problem,
I’ve also set up some top level fields for SEO, mainly a meta description and keywords for each page/product. Via the custom field search plugin, I’ve added my SEO fields to it’s list.
Now when product info is entered into a page, we also copy the SKU and name for each item into the keywords input. Then that data is available to the built in search.
Please excuse the long post,
I wanted to be thorough and share my plight on this mater to hopefully gather more incite into the gray area of AFC content & Search integration.
Thanks,
