Display Custom Post Type name in search results

[ConnectionPointParticipant]

Hopefully a simple question/answer…

I’m trying to display the name of a Custom Post Type in the search results by altering the Advanced Description Field and including a {custom_field_name}.

For example, we have a number of CPT including Announcements, Articles, Case Studies, Product Notes, Trends & Insights, etc. Customers searching the site need to be able to identify the type of post to help them find the correct information they need.

I’ve tried a number of options…

__name
__post
__post_name
__post_type
wpv-post-type (from Toolset plugin) e.g. {wpv_post_type}: {descriptionfield}

… but haven’t been able to guess at the correct name.

Is there a shortcut name for the post type?

Thanks, Daryl

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi Dary,

Hi!

There is no custom variable for that unfortunately, but still should be possible to achieve via custom code.

In the advanced title or content fields add this as the variable (__post_type) – note the different parenthesis, it is neccessary.

Then add this custom code to the functions.php in your theme/child theme directory. Before editing, please make sure to have a full site back-up just in case!

add_filter( 'asp_results', 'asp_custom_cpt_results', 10, 1 );
function asp_custom_cpt_results( $results ) {
	// Parse through each result item
	foreach ($results as $k=>&$r) {
		if ( $r->content_type == 'pagepost' ) {
			$post_type_obj = get_post_type_object( $r->post_type );
			$r->content = str_replace('(__post_type)', $post_type_obj->labels->singular_name, $r->content);
			$r->title = str_replace('(__post_type)', $post_type_obj->labels->singular_name, $r->title);
		}
	}

	return $results;
}

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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[ConnectionPointParticipant]

Works great – thx!

[Author]

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