Adding custom fields to keyword search

• darkstarmedia.net

• January 22, 2020 at 1:47 am

Hello,

I am trying to add custom fields created by ACF to my search, I am using meta_query, but my searches do not get any results from data in the ACF’s

$this_key = $_GET['keyword'];

$args = array (
    'post_type'			=>'resources',
    'post_status'       => 'publish',
	'posts_per_page'    => 100,
    'order'      => 'ASC',
    's' => $this_key,
    'meta_query' => 
	
           array(
			'relation' => 'OR',
				
			array(
				'key'     => 'agency',
				'value'   => $this_key ,
				'compare' => 'LIKE'
   				 ),
			array(
				'key'     => 'available_form',
				'value'   => $this_key,
				'compare' => 'LIKE'
			)
		
	)

);

• John Huebner

• January 22, 2020 at 9:10 am

To do this you need to https://adambalee.com/search-wordpress-by-custom-fields-without-a-plugin/

Or use a plugin, some of them are mentioned here https://support.advancedcustomfields.com/forums/topic/adding-custom-fields-search-to-wordpress-search/

• natashamahony25

• February 14, 2020 at 10:51 pm

Thank you