Admin Search vs Custom Meta Widget

Admin Search makes searching your WordPress website easy by bringing results from all your post types, media, taxonomies, comments, users and admin pages together in a single, simple-to-use interface, seamlessly integrated into the WordPress admin interface. Choose which post types and taxonomies are searched and the number of results displayed for each. Admin Search also supports custom post types and taxonomies. Admin Search is a lightweight plugin with filter hooks for deep customization. Features Search everything on your WordPress site, anywhere Simple and easy to use Sources of search results are customizable Extend the search query with filter hooks Configure & Extend Admin Search can be extended by using filter hooks. The following filters are available: admin_search_query to modify the search query string. The filter argument supplied is a string containing the search query admin_search_sources to modify the search sources. The filter argument supplied is an array of sources, add, remove or modify sources admin_search_posts_query to modify the WP_Query arguments array for all searched post types. The filter argument supplied is an array of WP_Query arguments, add, remove or modify supported arguments admin_search_{Post Type}_query to modify the WP_Query arguments array for a specific post type. The filter argument supplied is an array of WP_Query arguments, add, remove or modify supported arguments. Replace {Post Type} with the name of the post type to modify admin_search_terms_query to modify the get_terms arguments array for all searched terms (taxonomies). The filter argument supplied is an array of get_terms arguments, add, remove or modify supported arguments admin_search_{Term}_query to modify the get_terms arguments array for a specific term (taxonomy). The filter argument supplied is an array of get_terms arguments, add, remove or modify supported arguments. Replace {Term} with the name of the term to modify admin_search_comments_query to modify the WP_Comment_Query arguments array for all searched comments. The filter argument supplied is an array of WP_Comment_Query arguments, add, remove or modify supported arguments admin_search_users_query to modify the WP_User_Query arguments array for all searched users. The filter argument supplied is an array of admin_search_users_query arguments, add, remove or modify supported arguments admin_search_website_titles to modify the labels array for external websites. The filter argument supplied is an array of predefined domains and titles, add, remove or modify domains and titles admin_search_pre_results and admin_search_post_results to modify the results array before or after results are appended to the array. The filter argument supplied is an empty array for admin_search_pre_results or search results for a given query for admin_search_post_results, add, remove or modify result items admin_search_fields to modify the searchable fields array. The filter argument supplied is an array of searchable fields (post_title, post_name, post_excerpt and post_content) admin_search_meta_queries to add custom fields to the searchable fields array. The filter argument supplied is an empty array. Use this filter instead of admin_search_fields when adding custom fields Examples: Modify the query string before a search is initiated // Correct the spelling of dog when searching add_filter( 'admin_search_query', function( $query ) { if ( 'dog' === $query ) { $query = 'doggo'; } return $query; } ); Modify the WP_Query parameters before a search is initiated // Exclude post with the ID 96 add_filter( 'admin_search_posts_query', function( $query ) { $query['post__not_in'] = array( 96 ); return $query; } ); Add a custom field to the searchable fields // Add the price custom field to the searchable fields add_filter( 'admin_search_meta_queries', function( $fields, $post_type ) { if ( 'post' === $post_type ) { $fields[] = 'price'; } return $fields; }, 10, 2 ); Modify the search results after a search has initiated // Add custom results from external API add_filter( 'admin_search_post_results', function( $results, $q ) { $results[ 'custom' ][ 'post_type' ] => array( 'name' => 'custom', 'label' => 'Custom' ); $json = file_get_contents( 'https://example.com?search=' . $q ); $obj = json_decode( $json ); foreach ( $obj as $item ) { $results[ 'custom' ][ 'posts' ][] = array( … ); } return $results; }, 10, 2 );

This plugin acts in exactly the same way as the standard Meta widget except that it adds options which allow you control which of the 5 standard Meta widget links should be displayed, with the additional option to add your own custom link. The standard Meta widget that comes with WordPress offers no customization and requires you to show all 5 of the standard links (register, login, entries RSS, comments RSS, and WordPress.org, as well as any links added by themes or other plugins). Translation Help If you would like to help make this plugin available in your native language, please send your .po file to [email protected], and I will include it in the next version. The all the language files are in the lang subdirectory of the plugin. en_XX – bitacre da_DK – Kris Thomsen ru_RU – VadDevArt de_DE – Dr. Paolo Colombani sk_SK – Branco Radenovich fr_FR – Sylvain Taufour pl_PL – Waldemar Jastalski nl_NL – Niko Strijbol sr_RS – Diana S Readme Generator This plugin’s readme.txt file was generated by the bitacre Readme Generator for WordPress Plugins. Support Plugin Homepage [email protected] Donations Donations are graciously accepted to support the continued development and maintenance of this and other plugins. We currently accept PayPal, link backs, and kind words. Also, checking the ‘show plugin link’ option on the widget helps us out greatly!