powerSearch for bbPress vs Post Meta Searcher

Add an advanced search form to bbPress search page with filters and search results ordering controls. On the admin side, you can control which user roles (or visitors) can use filters, and hide the filters you don’t want to use. The Plugin adds the following filters: Forums, including an option to select forums, and search subforums Users, select a user or type username Content Type (reply, topic) Topic Status Topic Tags Date Period, predefined list of periods Change results sort order Also, plugin can replace the default search form to include the link to the advanced form. The plugin supports use of the templates’ replacement package plugin GD Quantum Theme Pro for bbPress. Plugin uses templates with filters and actions, and all templates can be overridden through theme, just like default bbPress templates can. More free dev4Press.com plugins for bbPress topicPolls for bbPress – add polls to the bbPress topics GD Forum Manager – quick and bulk forums and topics edit GD Members Directory – add new page with list of all forum members GD bbPress Attachments – attachments for topics and replies GD bbPress Tools – various expansion tools for forums Upgrade to powerSearch Pro for bbPress The Pro version contains many more great features: Highlight keywords in the search results Select where to search (title, content or both) Search by the topic sticky status Additional search filters Multi select for users filter Datetime picker for Date filter More information about powerSearch Pro for bbPress * Compare Lite vs. Pro Plugin * More premium bbPress Plugins

When activated, forces any WordPress Search Query to query against post meta data as part of the search criteria. This also enables you to search against custom fields without the need of specifying any meta keys. For example, if you have a custom field named “Colour” or something similar on your posts, running a search for “Blue” will return any posts with “Colour” set to “Blue”. This is just one example. The plugin will work with any field.