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norcross/old-post-search-filter.php

Created July 23, 2012 14:50
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filter search result to hide old posts
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old-post-search-filter.php
function rkv_search_filter( $where = '' ) {
// don't touch anything outside of a search query
if(is_admin() || !is_search() )
return $where;
// Hide posts older than 2 years old
if ( is_search() ){
$where .= "AND post_type = 'post' AND post_date >= '" . date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-730 days')) . "'";
return $where;
}
}
add_filter('posts_where', 'rkv_search_filter');
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Not really, because the search term would be different every time. You'd want to use a transient on a repeated query.

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Thanks, that makes sense.

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Take a look at the code in this plugin: https://github.com/norcross/gist-sidebar-widget I use transients there to store the API call so I don't hit the limits.

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