change order of search results to show featured first

Hi Joshua,

there is a filter called

geodir_posts_order_by_sort

that you can use, I think, also for search.
Example is here

Best,
Dirk

Hi Guust,

I’m wondering a little bit, because I’m using

geodir_filter_widget_listings_orderby

filter to get listings with featured image to the front of the listings page.
I made a quick check and for me this is working to use the mentioned filter. It is adding featured hard to the front of the orderby statement:

add_filter('geodir_posts_order_by_sort','_my_custom_order_by',10,3);
function _my_custom_order_by($orderby, $sort_by, $table){
	if (is_search())
	{
		$orderby = $table . ".is_featured asc," . $orderby; 
	}
	return $orderby;
}

Best,
Dirk

Hi Guust,

for my directory I’m not using such kind of function as the search relevance is important for me. Was just curious if this is technically possible. It is just changing the order and not hiding any search result.

But I can think of use cases that have the featured listings always in front of the search and not as second priority of the sorting. This should be the decision of the user 🙂

Best,
Dirk

😉 The use case is not clear. Maybe he will answer.

Searching a post code or street will order listings by proximity to that location, as u can see in the distances.

Thanks,

Stiofan