wpsnipp wordpress code snippets

I whipped up this little snippet that you can add to the functions.php of your wordpress theme to highlight keywords in search results for the_excerpt and the_title. A few highlight search results snippets floating around including a great one by Michael Martin. However they require you edit template files so this is my take on Michaels Idea.

Adding this snippet to the functions.php of your wordpress theme will add the search form to your wordpress wp_nav_menu. Don’t forget to update the MENU-NAME to specify the menu you wish to display within, just in case you have multiple menus.

Adding this snippet to the functions.php of your wordpress theme will allow protected posts to show up in search results even when a user is not logged in.

Adding these snippets to your search template will display the search query on the results page and the search query within the search box on the results page.

Adding this snippet to the functions.php of your wordpress theme will limit search to post titles only.

Adding this snippet to the functions.php of your wordpress theme will rewrite the search results URL to /search/ that will give you a results URL like http://wpsnipp.com/search/searchterm

Adding this snippet to the functions.php of your wordpress theme will add a select menu with a list of all custom fields, just select the field you want to filter by and click the filter button.

Adding this snippet to the functions.php of your wordpress theme will redirect your search to the post automatically when wordpress only returns a single search result.