Include Additional fields in Search Results

[Pat]

I have added the additional fields “target audience” and “event purpose” to my Events. However, the search does not seem to index these terms. So if I search on one of those terms, there are no results. For example, if I search for “Impact Investors” which is included in many events as the target audience, the search will find no results.

[Nico]

Hi Pat,

Thanks for reaching out! Interesting question here.

Right now there’s no easy way of doing this, and crafting a customization for this would be out of the scope of support we can provide here. That being said I can point you in the right direction to get started on crafting a solution for this, but you’ll need to code a bit for your self. Below you can find a snippet including a basic query sample:


// get events additional fields
$fields = tribe_get_option( 'custom-fields', false );
//build the meta query
$meta_query = array( 'relation' => 'OR');
foreach ($fields as $field ) {
// compare to search query = $query->query_vars['s'] or other value
$meta_query[] = array('key' => $field['name'],'value' => $query->query_vars['s'],'compare' => 'LIKE');
}
// create args
$args = array ( 'post_type' => 'tribe_events', 'meta_query' => $meta_query );
// get posts
$search_query = new WP_Query( $args );


Please let me know if you think you can manage from here, and sorry for not having an easy fix for for this,
Best,
Nico

[Robin Jennings]

This would be a fantastic new feature for the plugin

[Nico]

Hi Robin,

I totally agree with you on this! You are welcome to suggest it as a feature in The Events Calendar user voice page – that’s the place where we gather feedback from our community regarding new features.

Thanks,
Nico

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