Search by custom fields

[jameswemyss]

We want users to be able to search for events by “Age”. I have experimented by using custom fields which certainly feels like it could do the job, but users can’t then filter by a custom field. What would be the best way to go about this?

[Barry]

Hi James,

Great question!

Might it be viable for you to use categories or tags for this purpose?

If not you might need to consider a custom filter implementation: thankfully, Filter Bar has been built in a way that facilitates all kinds of customizations including the addition of completely new filters, so doing so is readily achievable.

That said, such a customization is something we’d really need to leave in your hands (if you find categories and tags are unsuitable for the task) and you would definitely need a fairly good grounding in WordPress development to drive it forward.

I hope that helps!

[Peter]

HI Barry,

is there any documentation on customizing the Filter Bar, similar to the Themer’s Guide perhaps?

thanks!

[Barry]

Hi Peter – you might want to start by checking out the following:

• theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/new-user-primer-filter-bar
• theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/configuring-filter-bar

They don’t quite parallel the Themer’s Guide, but may give you a few insights (and of course if you want to suggest other areas we should cover, please do post a request on UserVoice 🙂 ).

As a sidenote, if you have any further questions please do create a new topic of your own – wherever possible we try to stick to one user and one issue per forum topic, even if your question/interest seems very close to that of the original poster.

Thanks!

[Barry]

Hi!

It’s been a while so I’m going to go ahead and close this topic.

• Need help with anything else? Go right ahead and post a new topic, one of the team will be only too happy to help
• Still need help with this issue and need to re-open it? Again, please simply create a new topic and link to this one to provide the team with some context

Thanks!

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