Display names of post types

[christianbach]

Hi there,

Is there a way to display which post type a search result is?

I have a couple of Custom Post Types – and it would be nice if the search result was displayed like this:

[Name of Post Type/Custom Post Type]
[Post Title]
[Excerpt]

Example:
BOOK
Dear Evan Hansen
[Excerpt]

or
BLOG
Winners announced
[Excerpt]

Best,
Christian

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi Christian,

Yes – you have two options:

1. Using results grouping by post type – this is simple, but the ordering will change because of the groups.
2. Using a bit of custom code – this might be closer to what you are looking for.

[christianbach]

Thnak you – for both the solution and the quick reply.

The custom code is absolutely the direction for me.
But: Is there a way I can show the post type as a class all to it self? Which will give me the option to style it diffently than title or content?
(I am inexperienced with php-coding – but quite okay in css’ing something to look like I want i to 🙂

Best,
Christian

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi Christian,

Sure! With a tiny bit of modification it’s possible to add a CSS class:

function asp_show_the_post_type_content( $results ) {
	foreach ($results as $k=>&$r) {
		if ( isset($r->post_type) ) {
			// Modify the post title
			$post_type_obj = get_post_type_object( $r->post_type );
			$r->content = "<div class='$r->post_type'>" . $post_type_obj->labels->singular_name . '</div> - ' . $r->content;
		}
	}

	return $results;
}

With this, the post type is wrapped in a div with the post type class name, which you can reference by:

.asp_r .post_type_slug {

}

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