Adding Post ID's to returned results

Anonymous

#41013

Hi,

Is it possible to specify an array of posts ID’s to include in the returned search results?

I used to use pre_get_posts to do this, modifying the ‘post__in’ query variable with my array, but it looks as though ‘post__in’ cannot be used anymore when filter a query?

I have seen that since the development of the cache a few additional hooks have been introduced (such as sf_edit_query_args), but I’ve not be able to use ‘post__in’ with any of these (although I can use ‘p’ to specify a single post).

Could you point me into the direction of how I could add extra post ID’s into my results?

Thanks for your help 😀

Matt

Ross Moderator

#41395

Hey Matt

This is pretty tricky actually.

Since the introduction of the cache, most queries are sent off to the cache DB, and they return a number of IDs… which are placed inside the post__in field in a query.

So, I’m actually scratching my head as to how we could do this.

There is a filter for modifying the query:

http://www.designsandcode.com/documentation/search-filter-pro/action-filter-reference/#Edit_Query_Arguments

add_filter( 'sf_edit_query_args', 'filter_function_name', 10, 2 );

Which should be used like:

function filter_function_name( $query_args, $sfid ) {
	
	//if search form ID = 225, the do something with this query
	if($sfid==225)
	{
		//modify $query_args here before returning it
		$query_args['post__in'] = array(1,2,3,4);
	}
	
	return $query_args;
}

Which S&F also uses for setting up the query – and will probbably overeride this withe the results from the S&F cache.

Try initializing hook much later (so S&F has finished with the post__in var):

add_filter( 'sf_edit_query_args', 'filter_function_name', 10, 200 );

Thanks

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