Search in current product category

[boconproParticipant]

Hello,

We are using AjaX Search Pro on our website and are really happy with it.

I would love to offer our users the possibility to search for products within the current product category. Since we have quite a few categories ( approx. 50) it is not an option for us to have the user choose the specific category from a dropdown.

Is there any way to limit the search to the current product category only?

Or even better, is there a way to limit the search to the filtered products in the product page? Maybe an example explains best what I mean:
The user looks at the product category rings. He uses the woocommerce product attribute filters to get only rings with the material gold. Is there any way to implement a search form that enables the user to search within these gold rings for rings with diamonds?

I am pretty sure that there is no backend option for this and that some coding will be needed. Thats no problem, I am willing to go through it. I just would appreciate any help that points me in the right direction and gives me a start.

Thanks for your help!

Thomas

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi Thomas,

The first one should be actually possible. There is this knowledge base article, that explains how to do this with posts and categories, I will try to construct a custom code based on that.

This should be very close to a possible solution:

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
If you like my products, don't forget to rate them on codecanyon :)

[boconproParticipant]

Hi Ernest,

thx for the fast reply.

It seems to work fine.
When I copy it in the functions.php file It is used by all search instances.
Is there a way to limit it to a certain search instance?

Regards
Thomas

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi Thomas,

It is actually possible:

Just change the $search_instance variable on line 7 to the search instance on which you want this code to be applied on.

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
If you like my products, don't forget to rate them on codecanyon :)

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