Search Not working as planned

#1

http://dev.firesuite.net/sandiegobirthnetwork/members/

in the search box type “midwife” = 4 results

go back type “midwife san diego” = 0

whats going on?

here is my list shortcode the midwife is a custom field in service_type

[s2Member-List search_columns=“s2member_custom_field_service_type,s2member_custom_field_city,s2member_custom_field_street_address” link_display_name=“http://dev.firesuite.net/sandiegobirthnetwork/member/?ID=%%ID%%” limit=“10” levels=“1” enable_list_search=“yes” show_fields=“service_type,city,phone_number” template=“http://dev.firesuite.net/sandiegobirthnetwork/wp-content/themes/sdbn/member-list.php” /]

#2

What’s the problem? You did a broad search and got 4 hits. Then you narrowed the search and got 0. There’s nothing odd about that.

#3

Well… it should so the same results. As both “san diego” and “midwife” are present in the 4 members.

#4

What’s the result if you try searching for just san diego, or even just diego?

#5

san diego brings up all users with san diego present, its almost as if it only searches 1 term then quits

#6

That’s what I suspected. But searches are handled by WordPress, not s2Member. What you’re experiencing is how poor the native WP search function is.

I suggest installing a search plugin, like Relevanssi, and see if that improves the search functionality.

#7

Relevanssi doesnt weave into member-list.php from the s2 template files. it provides its own search results page, thus i would be remaking the wheel.
the plugin devs said it doesnt work like a google search, but I would think that a minor tweak to the wild card settings would yield some results.

wondering if anyone has found a good search solution for multiple terms?

#8

I haven’t. If you find one, let us know, please.

#9

Still looking… No plugin i have tried does what is needed. My thoughts are hooking into the s2member search and going from there. just havent had time to do it.

#10

I suspect ElasticSearch will do what you want. There are a couple of plugins in the wp.org repo that can help you connect it all up. But it’s not simple and it’s definitely territory well beyond anything I’ve tried.

#11

@matt, I was reading something quite unrelated and then came across this: https://wp-types.com/documentation/user-guides/front-page-filters/

It looks as though it provides precisely what you want.