Hello!

It is possible to limit search’s post type on forum and leave the one on the blog untouched? My current filter is like this:

function search_filter($query) {
	if ($query->bbp_is_search) {
		$query->set('post_type', array('post', 'forum', 'topic', 'reply'));
	} else if ($query->is_search) {
		$query->set('post_type', 'post');
	}
	return $query;
}
add_filter('pre_get_posts', 'search_filter');

But it doesn’t work… what do I have to change?

Thank you! 🙂

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years ago]

bbpress 2.4.1 comes with it’s own search function, which only searches forums.

this post also describes forum only search boxes which might help

http://vfbpro.com/2012/10/25/how-to-add-a-search-box-to-bbpress/

and also a widget

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-search-widget/

that you could crack the code of

[@jodlajodla Participant 12 years ago]

You are right. There’s a problem because WordPress filters all searches, including the bbPress. Now I don’t know how to recognize if the search is coming from WordPress’s search box or bbPress’s searchbox.

I don’t need search box for forum on first/home page, but I need to filter results when searching with WordPress’s search box. I must not show pages in it, so that’s why I’m searching solution.

Thank you!

[@jodlajodla Participant 12 years ago]

I found out that I misunderstood your post. I downloaded plugin that you suggested and checked the code. I remembered that I used is_bbpress() somewhere and that was the solution for my problem. There’s the snippet of code that I used in my theme in file functions.php:

/* Do not search pages, only posts and if there's a request from bbPress or Admin panel than ignore setting of post type */
function search_filter($query) {
	if ($query->is_search && !is_admin() && !is_bbpress()) {
		$query->set('post_type', 'post');
	}
	return $query;
}
add_filter('pre_get_posts', 'search_filter');

Thank you very much again! 🙂 🙂

[@robin-w Moderator 12 years ago]

Great, glad you’re fixed !