the_excerpt/custom field data, am I missing something?

Anonymous

#189413

I have a search form that is working and outputting the results as expected, to a degree.

All the data being searched is in various custom fields (ACF) and whilst this is being searched, the results output isn’t showing any data related to that. I would expect the results to show some kind of snippet with the search term.

Is there something I’ve missed?

Trevor

#189420

It depends on which Display Results you are using:

https://searchandfilter.com/documentation/search-results/#display-results-method

Anonymous

#189424

Currently using the shortcode option, but can switch to archive if that will work?

Currently, I see no option inside the S&F interface to select any kind of results content output.

Trevor

#189428

The shortcode display results method uses our exemplar template – results.php. The basic steps for customising the file are set here, but you would need to do the coding:

https://searchandfilter.com/documentation/search-results/using-a-shortcode/#customising-the-results

The ACF documentation gives you how to get the data from their fields. This post shows an example results.php template file that gets ACF fields:

https://support.searchandfilter.com/forums/topic/output-acf-post-object-fields-in-results/#post-102009

Anonymous

#189435

Trevor, I’m sorry but that doesn’t work.

I already have a custom results template.

I know how to output an ACF field easy enough.

The issue here is that the S&F plugin has no option to generate any kind of excerpt/snippet based on the search results of those custom fields.

All the example will do is output the entire custom field value, not the search term/snippet.

Trevor

#189473

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Trevor

#189560

Hi Simon. Great to speak with you. I can see you have gone as far as you can in having a customised excerpt based on the search phrase. These ARE options within Relevanssi, and I think we will produce an addon for that plugin for our V3.x series of the Search & Filter plugin, possibly for V3.1.

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