register_post_status invisible but searchable

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I need to “hide” some old posts from the I decided to go with a custom post status to keep them hidden but available at a later time (keeps the admin cleaner..)
BUT 🙂

I would like to have the posts with this status searchable but not available with the other filter-links like this (“Archived (2)”) should not be in this list…

All (97) | Published (95) | Drafts (12) | Archived (2) |Private (2) | Trash (1)|

I register the post status with these parameters… 

'public' => false,
'internal' =>true,
'exclude_from_search' => false,
'show_in_admin_all_list' => false,
'show_in_admin_status_list' => true,

But with these settings, the menu element is visible, and if I do

'show_in_admin_status_list' => false,

The posts with “archive” status is not searchable.

I’m using a modified version from this answer (see “PostStatusExtender” )
(changed name and post type)

New post status for custom post type

Any ideas how to solve this one?

1 Answer
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You can filter your admin query with pre_get_posts filter.

function wpse_306361_admin_search($query) {
    if(is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() && $query->is_search()) {
        $query->set('post_status', array('publish', 'draft', 'what-you-want', 'your_custom_status'));
    }
    return query;
}
add_action('pre_get_posts', 'wpse_306361_admin_search', 10, 1);

It will check if query is in admin, if it’s main query and if it’s a search query.

If it’s only for a post_type, don’t forget to add a condition in your if statement.

pre_get_posts on codex : https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/pre_get_posts

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