Question about Results page

[ross_Ktz3]

Hi there, love your search product and the level of detail. One question is that we like have a search page like this: https://www.ranzcr.com/search-results/ We have your search plugin in the header which is great but would like a more standard results page with filter and pagination. Not just appearing below the search. However the examples provided dont provide anything like this. Results pop up / appear rather than integrated onto the page, if that makes sense? Am I missing something. FYI I use Elementor and Loop Grid for these. But the results differ from header as using Elastic Search. Thanks Ross

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi Ross,

Thank you very much for your kind words, I really appreciate it!

You are looking for the loop grid integration feature, but as I was checking the results page I see that you have already successfully connected the search to the Loop Grid.

[ross_Ktz3]

Hi Ernest, it is using Elastic search for results page with Elementor Grid. I was wondering if there was a way to connect the Index table engine, instead of the WP or Elastic Search database so results are consitent between the navigation search and the results page?

Thanks

Ross

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi Ross,

It does that automatically, whenever the integration is enabled.

For example, if I search for “test”, then I get these page results in the drop-down. When I hit enter, I get redirected, and the results are the same on the results page.

Some differences can be expected, usually when a non-post type is returned in the drop-down, or if a post type is not fully supported in the grid, but generally it should be very similar.

[ross_Ktz3]

can you guide me in the right direction to adding sort to this page?

[ross_Ktz3]

Also search number, having issues showing how many results based on search

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi!

can you guide me in the right direction to adding sort to this page?

I’m afraid a sorting filter is not yet possible via Ajax Search Pro. You can set the results primary and the secondary sorting on the back-end, but there is no filter for it yet for the front-end.

Also search number, having issues showing how many results based on search

I assume you mean this number? That shows the remaining results (as it is used with the load-more results feature), not the total results count. While it can’t be changed, it is possible to disable it with a few lines of custom CSS code:

.asp_showmore span {
   display: none !important;
}

[ross_Ktz3]

Thank you! Any clue when a sort filter will be added?

[Ernest Marcinko]

We are working on a complete back-end refactor. It will follow the search statistics UI. With that rework there will be a new way to create filters, that will also include sorting possibilities.

There is still a way via converting a custom field filter to an ordering filter via a bit of custom code. Follow the steps below:

1. Create a drop-down custom field filter for a non-existint field custom_order with these values (see this screenshot):

relevance||Relevance
date||Publish date
date_reverse||Publish date descending
alpha||Alphabetical
alpha_reverse||Alphabetical descending
price||Cheapest first
price_reverse||Most expensive first

2. Add this code via the Code Snippets plugin or to the functions.php file in your theme/child theme directory – make sure to have a full server back-up first for safety. For more details you can check the safe coding guidelines:

add_filter(
	'asp_query_args',
	function ( $args ) {
		// The values allowed in the the_ordering variable
		$allowed_orderings = array(
			'relevance',
			'id',
			'id_reverse',
			'date',
			'date_reverse',
			'alpha',
			'alpha_reverse',
			'price',
			'price_reverse',
		);

		$ordering = '';

		foreach ( $args['post_meta_filter'] as $k => $filter ) {
			if ( $filter['key'] === 'custom_order' ) {
				$ordering = $filter['value'];
				unset( $args['post_meta_filter'][$k] );
			}
		}

		if ( $ordering === '' || !in_array($ordering, $allowed_orderings, true) ) {
			return $args;
		}

		switch ( $ordering ) {
			case 'id':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'id DESC';
				break;
			case 'id_reverse':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'id ASC';
				break;
			case 'date':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'post_date DESC';
				break;
			case 'date_reverse':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'post_date ASC';
				break;
			case 'alpha':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'post_title ASC';
				break;
			case 'alpha_reverse':
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'post_title DESC';
				break;
			case 'price':
				$args['post_primary_order']          = 'customfp ASC';
				$args['post_primary_order_metatype'] = 'numeric';
				$args['_post_primary_order_metakey'] = '_price';
				break;
			case 'price_reverse':
				$args['post_primary_order']          = 'customfp DESC';
				$args['post_primary_order_metatype'] = 'numeric';
				$args['_post_primary_order_metakey'] = '_price';
				break;
			case 'relevance':
			default:
				$args['post_primary_order'] = 'relevance DESC';
				break;
		}

		return $args;
	}
);

This will convert the custom field filter into a sorting filter.

[ross_Ktz3]

Hi Ernest, I followed this for group order: https://documentation.ajaxsearchpro.com/general-settings/result-ordering#primary-and-secondary-main-ordering

However, once applied I am still getting groups of pages first, then posts second. See here for search ‘Digital Health’: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KoLrc9pxGRysrRAFCTgkZqHK0BCDEC6i/view?usp=sharing

I changed order here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11nxHoffzRQPP3K1-Z4OlAR4WE5Pzh55r/view?usp=sharing

Any idea why posts follows pages, when order should be Pages, Documents, Events, Posts?

Thanks

Ross

[Ernest Marcinko]

Hi Ross,

Sure! When grouping is enabled, then the order is determined by the order of items here. If you change that to the desired order, then it should resolve the issue 🙂

[ross_Ktz3]

Hmmm I already have that: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PX5Tx03M3hOpCTv5_pSx-dIFlngABdPg/view?usp=sharing

[Ernest Marcinko]

Okay. Can you check if this option is disabled? That will affect the ordering by rearranging the groups by relevance, so make sure it is turned off.

[ross_Ktz3]

Perfect! That worked! Thanks for your help!

[Ernest Marcinko]

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