How to make a WP_Query search with custom post types?

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I’ve registered a custom post type called “node”.

When I create a basic WP_Query to get posts of that type, it works just fine. Example:

$args = array(  
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_type' => 'node');

$query = new WP_Query($args);

This will get all published posts of type “node”.

However, as soon as I combine this with a search, nothing is returned. Example:

$args = array(  
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_type' => 'node',
's' => 'My search term');

$query = new WP_Query($args);

This will get nothing, although it should get several posts of type ‘node’ that contain ‘My search term’.

As far as I can see, the post types are automatically set to “post” and “page” as soon as I include the “s” parameter in $args. If I print out a var_dump of $query, it shows the following:

Without “s”: 

object(WP_Query)
  public 'query' => 
    array (size=2)
      'post_status' => string 'publish' (length=7)
      'post_type' => string 'node' (length=4)
  public 'query_vars' => 
    array (size=63)
      'post_status' => string 'publish' (length=7)
      'post_type' => string 'node' (length=4)
...

With “s”:

object(WP_Query)
  public 'query' => 
    array (size=2)
      'post_status' => string 'publish' (length=7)
      's' => string 'My search term' (length=14)
      'post_type' => string 'node' (length=4)
  public 'query_vars' => 
    array (size=66)
      'post_status' => string 'publish' (length=7)
      's' => string 'My search term' (length=14)
      'post_type' => 
        array (size=2)
          0 => string 'post' (length=4)
          1 => string 'page' (length=4)
...

So WordPress seems to override the post types as soon as a search is involved.

How can I fix that?

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You are right, I tried it in a clean WordPress install and it works.

Seems like one of the plugins I use in my environment is hooking itself in one of the pre-query events.

Thanks!

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