Can search work on text displayed on browser, rather than saved id in db?

Trevor

#42027

I read this one last night and didn’t understand, but I think I do now. Rather than have an author select box to use for searching, you want the visitor to be able to simply enter the author’s name in a text search field as though the author’s name is part of the post content?

Anonymous

#42055

Hi,
Thanks for the response. Well, we have a search input text box and we need to be able to search by employee name, however, the employee id is the only thing saved to the post (not the full name). So when I enter the employee’s full name in text search, it doesn’t come up in results.

Is this possible?

Or do you know if there’s an easy way to save hidden fields with the employee name/label? Might be an ACF hook.

Trevor

#42064

Ah. You are using ACF? What type of field is it? Maybe a relationship field, or … ?

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