I want to change default search page URL from:
/?s=background&post_type=download
to:
/

I tried to change the below function for the default search page:

function wp_change_search_url() {
    if ( is_search() && ! empty( $_GET['s'] ) ) {
        wp_redirect( home_url( "/search/" ) . urlencode( get_query_var( 's' ) ) );
        exit();
    }  
 }
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'wp_change_search_url' );

The above function works ok but not working with custom post type searches.

In my theme I want to search only my custom post type named download and currently the function searches all posts & pages. What can I do?

I want to change default search page URL from:
http://example/?s=background&post_type=download
to:
http://example/photos/background/

I tried to change the below function for the default search page:

function wp_change_search_url() {
    if ( is_search() && ! empty( $_GET['s'] ) ) {
        wp_redirect( home_url( "/search/" ) . urlencode( get_query_var( 's' ) ) );
        exit();
    }  
 }
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'wp_change_search_url' );

The above function works ok but not working with custom post type searches.

In my theme I want to search only my custom post type named download and currently the function searches all posts & pages. What can I do?

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1 Answer 1

Hi Vijay you can try to add post_type as query perameter in you redirect url check following changes in your code.

function wp_change_search_url() { 
    if ( is_search() && ! empty( $_GET['s'] ) ) { 
        get_query_var( 'post_type' );
        wp_redirect( home_url( "/search/" ) . urlencode( get_query_var( 's' ) ) . '?post_type=' . get_query_var( 'post_type' ) ); exit(); 
    }
} 
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'wp_change_search_url' );