Ok this sounds exactly like what I’m after but I can’t quite get it to work but I think that’s because I’m implementing it incorrectly, here’s what I’ve got … I think as my WP_Query is in an array I need to set it up slightly differently?

I’m fairly certain I’ve got the form ID correct, taken from the short code for it right? [searchandfilter id="110"]

				$ids = get_users(
				    array(
				        'role'   => 'gold' ,
				        'fields' => 'ID'
				  		)
				);

				$query = new WP_Query(
					$args['search_filter_id'] = 110; 
			        array( 
			            'author__in' => $ids,
			            's' => $_GET['s']
			        )
			    );

				// If the query has data
				if($query->have_posts() ) :

					    // Post loop
					    while ($query->have_posts() ) : 

					        // Setup post data
					        $query->the_post();
					        ?>

					        <!-- Do HTML markup and template tags here, eg. the_content(), the_title() etc.. -->
					        <h1>Gold user- <?php the_title(); ?></h1>

					        <?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content', 'search' ); 

					    endwhile;

				// End "If the query has data"
				endif;

This was my original WP_Query which works just fine filtering my results by author type;

$query = new WP_Query(
	array( 
		'author__in' => $ids,
		's' => $_GET['s']
	)
);

I tried to add the Search & Filter ID in like this;

$query = new WP_Query(
	$args['search_filter_id'] = 110; 
	array( 
		'author__in' => $ids,
		's' => $_GET['s']
	)
);

Clearly wrong as that seems to break the page! 🙂

N

Very close!

Both loops are now running and loops like they are both getting the correct filters however both lists are only displaying one post.

I’ve currently tried removing the second loop to make this page as simple as possible for debugging so now there is just one loop on this page with the query as described above but this still only returns one post on any search term I use, looks like the correct post but only one every time

What a strange little bug!