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Wp-Admin search by meta value
<?php
/**
* Plugin Name: Search By Meta
* Plugin URI: http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/11758/extending-the-search-context-in-the-admin-list-post-screen
* Description: SearchByMeta.
* Author: SearchByMeta
* Author URI: http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/11758/extending-the-search-context-in-the-admin-list-post-screen
**/
add_filter('posts_join', 'catalog_product_search_join' );
function catalog_product_search_join ($join){
global $pagenow, $wpdb;
// I want the filter only when performing a search on edit page of Custom Post Type named "catalog_product"
if ( is_admin() && $pagenow=='edit.php' && $_GET['post_type']=='catalog_product' && $_GET['s'] != '') {
$join .='LEFT JOIN '.$wpdb->postmeta. ' ON '. $wpdb->posts . '.ID = ' . $wpdb->postmeta . '.post_id ';
}
return $join;
}
add_filter( 'posts_where', 'catalog_product_search_where' );
function catalog_product_search_where( $where ){
global $pagenow, $wpdb;
// I want the filter only when performing a search on edit page of Custom Post Type named "catalog_product"
if ( is_admin() && $pagenow=='edit.php' && $_GET['post_type']=='catalog_product' && $_GET['s'] != '') {
$where = preg_replace(
"/\(\s*".$wpdb->posts.".post_title\s+LIKE\s*(\'[^\']+\')\s*\)/",
"(".$wpdb->posts.".post_title LIKE $1) OR (".$wpdb->postmeta.".meta_value LIKE $1)", $where );
}
return $where;
}
function catalog_product_search_distinct( $where ){
global $pagenow, $wpdb;
if ( is_admin() && $pagenow=='edit.php' && $_GET['post_type']=='catalog_product' && $_GET['s'] != '') {
return "DISTINCT";
}
return $where;
}
add_filter( 'posts_distinct', 'catalog_product_search_distinct' );
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