{"id":766,"date":"2025-03-24T14:27:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-does-the-geodirectory-search-work\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:23:58","slug":"how-does-the-geodirectory-search-work","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/core-features\/how-does-the-geodirectory-search-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How does the GeoDirectory Search work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/span>GeoDirectory has its own Search<\/strong> function.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The default GeoDirectory Search<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The basic Search function of the GeoDirectory Core plugin has 2 options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. The “Search for<\/strong>” field will check the titles, description and taxonomies (tags and categories)<\/strong>\u00a0of the listings.
    The results will be listed in order of relevance depending on the keyword(s) entered.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The “Near<\/strong>” field will look up the coordinates of the location you enter, and return results based on the search radius you have set at GeoDirectory > Settings > General tab > Search sub-tab > Search near radius<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Search for “hotel” anywhere<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    1. Search:<\/strong>
      \"\"<\/figure><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Results:<\/strong>
      \"\"<\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Search for listings near the World Trade Center (New York)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      1. Search:<\/strong>
        \"\"<\/figure><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Results:<\/strong>
        \"\"<\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Search for “hotel” <\/strong>near the World Trade Center (New York)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
          \n
        1. Search:<\/strong>
          \"\"<\/figure><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. Results:<\/strong>
          \"\"<\/figure><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          The default GeoDirectory Search The basic Search function of the GeoDirectory Core plugin has 2 options: Examples Search for “hotel” anywhere Search for listings near the World Trade Center (New York) Search for “hotel” near the World Trade Center (New York)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[],"article\/categories":[421,213],"class_list":["post-766","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_placecategory-core-features","gd_placecategory-extensions-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=766"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}