Include events in default WordPress search

[Arno Hoogwerf]

Is it possible to include my events from The Events Calendar PRO in the default WordPress search function (like ?s=[search])? My theme has a great search-bar which uses the normal WordPress search, only my events won’t show up. It would be great if those work together.

[George]

Hey @arno,

It’s unfortunately not possible to do this without custom coding beyond the scope of support. 🙁

So to make this work as you describe, you would have to write that custom code or hire a professional developer to do it for you. We have a list of great developers here → http://m.tri.be/18k1 (and have no affiliation with any of these folks—they’re simply some well-respected names in the community that we’ve compiled to share in situations like this one).

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With all the above things being said, you might have some basic success by adding this custom code snippet that I wrote for you to your theme’s functions.php file:


function tribe_add_events_to_search_results( $query ) {

if ( ! is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() ) {

if ( $query->is_search ) {
$query->set('post_type', array( 'post', 'tribe_events' ) );
}
}
}

add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'tribe_add_events_to_search_results' );


☝️ Let us know if this helps at all!

— George

[Arno Hoogwerf]

Yes, it works with your code! Thanks for your quick reply and help!!

[George]

Glad to hear it, @Arno! If you hope to further refine or build upon this code, or troubleshoot issues with it, check out the resources I linked to above for further customization assistance.

Best of luck with your project in the meantime. 😀

Cheers,
George

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