Statistics issue when user presses 'return'

[itsjonesyy70Participant]

Hi there,

I have enabled statistics on the plugin so I can use the ‘popular searches’ widget. It is working fine but I have noticed that when the user enters their query and presses the return key on the keyboard, the search is not logged and is not seen in the statistics. They are only logged if the user clicks the search icon or clicks a result in the preview.

Is there a fix for this?

Thanks

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi,

You are right, those queries should be recorded too. I think there is a bypass solution to it though.

Try adding this code 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_action('asp_results', 'asp_add_stat_noajax', 10, 4);
function asp_add_stat_noajax($results, $id, $is_ajax, $args) {
	if ( !$is_ajax ) {
		asp_statistics::addKeyword($id, $args['s']);
	}
}

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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[itsjonesyy70Participant]

Hi,

The code doesn’t seem to fix it. I have tested searches with a return key press and they still do not appear in statistics. The code also breaks the plugin preview results.
The access link is still usable, please let me know if you need any more information

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Can you please try this variation instead:

add_filter('asp_results', 'asp_add_stat_noajax', 10, 4);
function asp_add_stat_noajax($results, $id, $is_ajax, $args) {
	if ( !$is_ajax ) {
		asp_statistics::addKeyword($id, $args['s']);
	}
        return $results;
}

Also, make sure the search override feature is enabled, otherwise the plugin may not trigger.

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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[itsjonesyy70Participant]

Hi ernest,

Thanks for the update.

Maybe this helps – I’ve noticed that the issue of searches not being logged only occurs when the return key is pressed very fast (so before the preview results have even appeared). If the user types their query, waits a second for preview to load and appear, then presses return, it will be logged in statistics as normal. This is without any custom code applied.

So currently the custom code (old and new variation) does not have any impact on the fast return key presses.

Thanks again.

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

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[itsjonesyy70Participant]

OK, that would be great 🙂

Thanks

[itsjonesyy70Participant]

Hi Ernest, is there an ETA for when this will be fixed?

Thanks

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi,

It had been fixed within release 4.21.4 about two weeks ago, if you update to the latest release (4.21.5), it should be okay now.

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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[itsjonesyy70Participant]

Am currently on 4.21.5 and it doesn’t look like anything has changed. A fast search query before results are previewed does not appear in statistics.

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Do you have the search override feature enabled?
Make sure to turn it on, otherwise the plugin search override may not trigger when redirecting to the results page.

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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[itsjonesyy70Participant]

Ah, sorry I missed this. Not able to use the override otherwise my results filtering breaks. So to confirm, search override has to be enabled in order to catch the fast search queries in statistics?

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

I’m afraid yes, but maybe with a custom code there is a way to trigger it whenever the search results page is displayed.

add_action('posts_results', 'asp_trigger_search_stat');
function asp_trigger_search_stat() {
	if ( is_search() && isset($_GET['s']) && $_GET['s'] != '' ) {
		asp_statistics::addKeyword(-1, $_GET['s']);
	}
}

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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