Wordpress: search for items in a table

Question

I created a test page where users can access PDF and Word documents.

website: http://recordandreturn2.insctest1.com/online-forms

The default search function on the wordpress site does not call any of the elements as soon as you type them. Example, search for "Affidavit of Inheritance". I use a plugin called easy table, because the client will need to easily add or remove items that move forward. I was looking for Wordpress search functionality enhancers, but nothing works.

In this example, the site has a search function that calls forms, which I want to achieve: http://www.judicialtitle.com/resources/forms

Answer 1

Here is a plugin that can search for shortcodes: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ultimate-search/

Alternatively, you can add the following to functions.php to include shortcodes in your search queries

<?php //Replace wp_trim_excerpt with a commented out strip_shortcodes() function improved_trim_excerpt($text) { $raw_excerpt = $text; if ( '' == $text ) { $text = get_the_content(''); //$text = strip_shortcodes( $text ); $text = apply_filters('the_content', $text); $text = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $text); $text = strip_tags($text); $excerpt_length = apply_filters('excerpt_length', 55); $excerpt_more = apply_filters('excerpt_more', ' ' . '[...]'); $words = preg_split("/[\n\r\t ]+/", $text, $excerpt_length + 1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY); if ( count($words) > $excerpt_length ) { array_pop($words); $text = implode(' ', $words); $text = $text . $excerpt_more; } else { $text = implode(' ', $words); } } return apply_filters('improved_trim_excerpt', $text, $raw_excerpt); } remove_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'wp_trim_excerpt'); add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'improved_trim_excerpt'); //You might also need to add this in order to make sure the //shortcodes are actually parsed and not just displayed //$text = do_shortcode($text); ?> 

This code is from http://3rdplanetwebsolutions.com/news/add-shortcode-content-to-wordpress-search-results/