combine post meta for search

Anonymous

#14434

Hi Again,
Really nice search plugin. I have another question, I have created many custom post types using the pods plugin. So for example I have 6 post meta keys for cast, cast_001, cast_002 etc. How can I combine all into one post meta search field or is that even possible.

Ross Moderator

#14445

Hey Denis

Thanks, can I mark your other ticket as resolved?

Unfortunately no, there is no way to combine them – S&F works where 1 field – 1 meta key.

Something that might be possible, is that you could create a new meta key which combines all these – which S&F would use for searching

This would be some code you would have to create that updates these values automatically whenever you save a post or something similar (then checks these meta keys, combines them and saves them in to a new “combined” meta key) – it will be tricky to setup but may be a solution for you.

Thanks

Anonymous

#14495

Hi Ross,
Thanks for the response, you can mark as resolved. I will look at the pods template and see if I can streamline it on that side.

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