Multiple search widgets

[phantomowl10]

Hi there,

As we have many gated/password protected sections on our site, we need to create multiple search widgets and embed them within

Each search widget needs to only be able to index/search specific pages.

How can I achieve this?

Thanks

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi,

Well, you can create as many search bars as you want, and configure them accordingly. Use the exclusion/inclusion options to change what items you want to restrict or allow.

[phantomowl10]

Hi Ernest,

Thanks for confirming – I see now how to duplicate the search bars.

Question though: how do I one up to only include searches from a subdomain, i.e. /n-spro/

Thanks,
Cam

[phantomowl10]

Hi Ernest,

Further to my note: I see how to include via tags, categories, etc but I’m looking to only include Pages from specific subdiretories.

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi,

If the subdirectory is not part of the same WordPress installation, then there is no possible way.

[phantomowl10]

Its all part of the WP install; maybe more accurately, we would need a different search form for parent pages and their child pages, not a subdirectory.

So, for example, a search form on https://mindmgt.com/client-name/ that would only show results from its child pages:

https://mindmgt.com/client-name/sleep/
https://mindmgt.com/client-name/work/
https://mindmgt.com/client-name/

etc

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi,

You can use the exclusion option for that then.
In your case, maybe this knowledge base would be even better. That lets you limit results to pages with a specific parent ID. One thing to note – that parent > child related exclusions does not work on multiple levers, like parent > child > grandchild etc.. because only direct page connections are stored in the wp database. For that, categorizing and excluding/including by categories is much better.

[phantomowl10]

This makes sense and I’ve applied it to one parent page for parent ID 468. My question is now, how do I add multiple instances of this filter? For example, you’ll see that I’ve got the correctly-working filter set up for a client named NSPRO, parent ID 468. I’ve tested this and the search bar only returns the desired results.

However, if I add a second instance for a client named Accompass – see below – it breaks functions.php:

// — NSPRO —

add_filter( ‘asp_query_args’, ‘asp_include_only_parent_ids’, 10, 2 );

function asp_include_only_parent_ids( $args, $id ) {
/**
* Enter the post/cpt prent IDs here. The results will be
* limited to objects with these parent IDs.
*/
$ids = array(468);
/**
* Search instance IDs you want this code to apply on.
*/
$search_ids = array(1);

// ————————————————–
// ————————————————–
// — !! Do not change anything below this line !! —
// ————————————————–
if ( in_array($id, $search_ids) )
$args[‘post_parent’] = $ids;

return $args;
}

// — accompass —

add_filter( ‘asp_query_args’, ‘asp_include_only_parent_ids’, 10, 2 );

function asp_include_only_parent_ids( $args, $id ) {
/**
* Enter the post/cpt prent IDs here. The results will be
* limited to objects with these parent IDs.
*/
$ids = array(517);
/**
* Search instance IDs you want this code to apply on.
*/
$search_ids = array(2);

// ————————————————–
// ————————————————–
// — !! Do not change anything below this line !! —
// ————————————————–
if ( in_array($id, $search_ids) )
$args[‘post_parent’] = $ids;

return $args;
}

[Ernest Marcinko]

To apply the code multiple times, you will have to rename the function, like this:

add_filter( 'asp_query_args', 'asp_include_only_parent_ids2', 10, 2 );
function asp_include_only_parent_ids2( $args, $id ) {

Putting a number after the function name will work just fine. Make sure to change the function name in the preceeding add_filter statement as well.

[phantomowl10]

That’s perfect – thanks for your help.

[Ernest Marcinko]

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[phantomowl10]

Yes, please go ahead and close the ticket – thanks!

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