Wordpress search not returning places

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October 16, 2018 at 2:53 am #449787

Andrew
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Hi,

I’ve added a standard wordpress search widget on my website so that people can search for different place types by name, however regardless of what is searched for, nothing is returned. Any ideas why?

I can provide login details if necessary.

Thanks,
Andrew

October 16, 2018 at 5:02 pm #449890

Alex Rollin
Moderator

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GeoDirectory search is specifically for listings, so, you should use the GD shortcodes for search if you want to help visitors search for listings.

October 16, 2018 at 5:03 pm #449891

Paolo
Site Admin

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Hi,

yes, we’ll need to check your website to verify that. Please provide a link and admin credentials and we will have a look.

Let us know.

Thanks

October 16, 2018 at 10:56 pm #449995

Andrew
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Post count: 197

Okay sure that makes sense – however I’m looking to be able to search by listing name, across all post types (eg, in the case that someone knows the venue name). Is this possible?

I’ll post my login details in a private reply below.

October 16, 2018 at 10:56 pm #449996

Andrew
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October 16, 2018 at 11:23 pm #450007

Alex Rollin
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When I search Sayang, a listing is shown.

Can you say more about the issue?

October 17, 2018 at 1:40 am #450017

Andrew
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Sure that works, however is it possible to search across all post types? This is for the case that someone is searching for a venue but is not exactly sure what venue type (i.e., post type) it falls under?

October 17, 2018 at 10:46 am #450052

Alex Rollin
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GD Search will only search one post type at a time.

Other search plugins options may provide different results but we haven’t seen any that do that. We don’t have any official integrations that are supported to search all listing types.

October 17, 2018 at 10:55 am #450054

Andersen
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What would the benefit of Custom Post Types then be, if you can’t search across them? I need to add +20 CTP’s each with different custom fields, because it could be venue, Hotel, Catering so the fields they each require is different.

Is there a dropdown with CTP in the search?

October 17, 2018 at 11:43 am #450067

Alex Rollin
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Post count: 27815

The benefit is the ability to have completely different fields and layouts.

Each can be searched, but only within the CPT.

Once multiple CPTs have been added and listings added to them, then yes a CPT dropdown shows in search bar.
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