Searching for Event Details with WordPress Search

[Lorilee]

We are thrilled with this plugin, however we need the ability to search by event details, such as by the “Event Organizer” using a search field. (http://initials-inc.com/events/)

I tried using the “Find Everything” plugin on the site, and this seems to help. Some of the event organizers pull up (such as “Marlana Farris”) while others do not (“Angela Smith”).

What can we do to make this information searchable?

Thank you for your help!

[Jonah]

Hi Lorilee,

Event Organizers are stored as a custom post type in the database just like events and venues from our plugin. Everything is linked together on the back end and works in some of the pages our plugin provides.

Unfortunately we don’t do much with the search. You’ll need to custom code your search to #1, search organizers, and #2, decide how or what you want to link to when an organizer is found. Do you want to go to the organizers page (which we don’t provide as a page, it will just be a standard WordPress single post type page) or do you want it to link to the event in which the organizer is assigned to?

This is a fairly involved topic and not something we can help you with at the moment or on the forums. You’ll need to either work it out on your own or hire someone to help you. It’s a good idea though and I’ll jot it down for a future tutorial idea. You might also want to try this search plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/relevanssi/

Good luck!

– Jonah

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