I have a search field for the blog posts, but I need an other for a custom post type. How can I create this custom search form with a different search result layout?
Here is what I’ve tried and got a solution with 3 steps. Let’s say your custom post type is “products“
1 . Add Function Code here you can specify the archive-search.php
function template_chooser($template)
{
global $wp_query;
$post_type = get_query_var('post_type');
if( $wp_query->is_search && $post_type == 'products' )
{
return locate_template('archive-search.php'); // redirect to archive-search.php
}
return $template;
}
add_filter('template_include', 'template_chooser');
2 . Create search result template for custom post type ( archive-search.php )
<?php
/* Template Name: Custom Search */
get_header(); ?>
<div class="contentarea">
<div id="content" class="content_right">
<h3>Search Result for : <?php echo htmlentities($s, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?> </h3>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="posts">
<article>
<h4><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>
<p><?php the_excerpt(); ?></p>
<p align="right"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Read More</a></p>
<span class="post-meta"> Post By <?php the_author(); ?>
| Date : <?php echo date('j F Y'); ?></span>
</article><!-- #post -->
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div><!-- content -->
</div><!-- contentarea -->
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
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Build Search Form
In this Search Form, the value “products” is hidden and it will search only product posts.<div> <h3>Search Products</h3> <form role="search" action="<?php echo site_url("https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/"); ?>" method="get" id="searchform"> <input type="text" name="s" placeholder="Search Products"/> <input type="hidden" name="post_type" value="products" /> <!-- // hidden 'products' value --> <input type="submit" alt="Search" value="Search" /> </form> </div>
for more, I would like to link you to here
http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-advanced-search-form-in-wordpress-for-custom-post-types/