Include password protected posts in search results

wordpress snippet

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.

snippet : PHPcopy

add_filter( 'posts_search', 'include_password_posts_in_search' );
function include_password_posts_in_search( $search ) {
	global $wpdb;
	if( !is_user_logged_in() ) {
		$pattern = " AND ({$wpdb->prefix}posts.post_password = '')";
		$search = str_replace( $pattern, '', $search );
	}
	return $search;
}

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