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apply_filters( 'post_search_columns', string[] $search_columns, string $search, WP_Query $query )

Since
6.2.0
Filters the columns to search in a WP_Query search.

Description

The supported columns are post_title, post_excerpt and post_content.
They are all included by default.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 6.2.0
  • 6.7.7
  • 6.8.8
  • 6.9.7
  • 7.0.4
  • 7.1.0

Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0).

Parameters

$search_columnsstring[]
Array of column names to be searched.
$queryWP_Query
The current WP_Query instance.

Where this hook fires · 1

  • wp-includes/class-wp-query.php:1483WP_Query::parse_search()

Source code

		 * @since 6.2.0		 *		 * @param string[] $search_columns Array of column names to be searched.		 * @param string   $search         Text being searched.		 * @param WP_Query $query          The current WP_Query instance.		 */		$search_columns = (array) apply_filters( 'post_search_columns', $search_columns, $query_vars['s'], $this ); 		// Use only supported search columns.		$search_columns = array_intersect( $search_columns, $default_search_columns );		if ( empty( $search_columns ) ) {			$search_columns = $default_search_columns;		}

Changelog

Introduced in 6.2.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

  1. 6.7.7
  2. 6.8.8
  3. 6.9.7
  4. 7.0.4
  5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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