WP Admin Advanced Search

Description

Add support to easily search for any media, product, post or page in the backend

• Adds a search field in the WordPress admin
• Supports searching for title, ACF Field value and WooCommerce product SKU

Usage

First step is to go to the Settings Page to configure

By default the search field is at the top of the admin menu, just start typing and it will show the results grouped by post type.

When you see the post you are interested in you can just click on it and be taken to the edit screen. This includes media files.

By default it only shows 3 results per post type and sorts by date in descending order (newest to oldest).

If there are more than 3 posts in any given post type then a button will appear to view all.

This opens a page in the backend where you can see all the results and sort by post type, id an date.

Settings

Whilst this plugin works out of the box we do have a few settings for you.

These settings can be found under Settings > Admin Search Settings

In there you will have up to 3 tabs

• ACF Settings (only will be there if ACF is active)
• Post Types
• Design Settings

ACF Settings

All your created fields will show up in here, within their respective field groups.

Select the ones you want to be used in the search query

Post Types

All the available post types, including core ones from WordPress, are included here.

Select the ones you want to be used in the search query

Design Settings

There are 3 settings in here

• Choose where you want the search field to show up, top admin bar or in the side menu - Default is Admin Menu
• Choose the amount of posts per post type you want to show in the search field dropdown results, this does not affect the View All page - Default is 3 per post type.
• Choose your sort order. You can sort by the ID, Title or Date and then whether you want it to be ascending or descending order - Default is by Date in Descending order so newest to oldest

Frequently Asked Questions

Why did you build this plugin?

I wanted an easy way to find posts, pages and media within the backend and I wanted it to be accessible where I wanted it and work via ajax so it is low resources when not being used

Is there limitations on post types?

No, this works with all registered post types, you can choose which ones to ignore in the Settings page

Does this work with any post meta?

No, this only searches ACF fields that are enabled in the Settings page and WooCommerce Product SKUs

Is there a filter to disable post types?

Yes, by default excluded post types are:

$excluded_post_types = [
    'acf-field',
    'acf-field-group',
    'oembed_cache',
    'search-filter-widget',
    'wp_global_styles'
];

There is a simpli_wp_admin_search_excluded_post_types filter example:

add_filter( 'simpli_wp_admin_search_excluded_post_types', function ( $post_types ) {
    $post_types[] = 'my_custom_post_type';
    $post_types[] = 'another_one';
    return $post_types;
});

Changelog

1.0.0

• Update to support GitHub plugin updater in the WP dashboard

0.1.0 (Initial Release)

• Initial Release

Support

For support, feature requests, or bug reports:

• Author: Jon Mather
• Website: https://jonmather.au
• GitHub: https://github.com/westcoastdigital/Simpli-WP-Optimser

Credits

Developed by Jon Mather at SimpliWeb

License

GPL v2 or later - https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.