Without UI settings, filter search results by custom fields

[jla]

Hi,

I’m probably missing something obvious, but I have the following use case:

– I have a ajax_search_pro shortcode which displays a searchbar
– I want to ensure that all post results returned by the search are filtered according to some filter on the custom fields of the post
– I don’t want this to be an option from the user interface — the user should have no control over this
– My use case involves filtering results based on post metadata, according to some dynamically generated value.

What I want to enable is functionality like this, in a template:

`
<div class=”projects-container”>
<?php echo do_shortcode(‘[wpdreams_ajaxsearchpro id=2]‘); ?>
</div>

$current_user_id = get_current_user_id(); // Get the current user ID
$user_uuid = get_user_meta($current_user_id, ‘user-uuid’, true);

// What I want is for search results to be filteres such that the the returned posts have a custom field user-uuid = $user_uuid

`

I have similar use cases for other custom fields.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Jon

[jla]

Please disregard!

I found the answer in the documentation itself, apologies.

The solution was to write a plugin, as below, corresponding to my above use case:

`
add_filter(“asp_query_args”, “filter_search_by_user_uuid”, 10, 2);

function filter_search_by_user_uuid($args, $search_id) {
// Replace ‘2’ with the ID of your specific search bar
$target_search_id = 2;

if ($search_id != $target_search_id) {
// If this isn’t the target search bar, don’t modify the query
return $args;
}

// Get the current user ID and retrieve their UUID
$current_user_id = get_current_user_id();
$user_uuid = get_user_meta($current_user_id, ‘user-uuid’, true);

// Check if user UUID is available
if ($user_uuid) {
// Add a post meta filter to the query arguments
$args[‘post_meta_filter’] = array(
array(
‘key’ => ‘user-uuid’,
‘value’ => $user_uuid,
‘operator’ => ‘=’,
‘allow_missing’ => false
)
);
}

return $args;
}

`

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