Adding custom post types to live search results

Hi,
I was able to add custom post types to the search results by adding a code to the themes function.php

function search_filter($query) {

  if ( !is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
    if ($query->is_search) {
      $query->set('post_type', array( 'post', 'page', 'at_biz_dir', 'mdb_item', 'mdb_person', 'mdb_series', 'mdb_company' ) );
    }
  }
}
add_action('pre_get_posts','search_filter');

This works fine and the desired results are displayed on the search results page.

Unfortunately they don’t appear in the live search results, when typing the term into the search field.

How can I add the custom post types to the live search results?

UPDATE: I see that the live results are using the ‘td_module_mx2’ template. Is it possible to overwrite it with a custom template, which I can store in the child theme directory?

• This topic was modified 6 years by Maddest.
• This topic was modified 6 years by Maddest.

UPDATE: I’ve managed to solve the problem, by registering my CPT in the functions.php. Now the custom posts appear in the live results.

However, these custom post types are using attached thumbnails from external directories. They don’t show up in the result (which is not a surprise).
I see that the live results are using the ‘td_module_mx2’ template. Is it possible to overwrite it with a custom template, which I can store in the child theme directory? In this case I could use my own get image functions…

Hi Vlad,

thanks a lot. That works pretty well.

However, is there a way to access the wordpress loop function inside the td_module_mx2 template? E.g. the function get_the_ID() and more?

Thanks a lot

I have the same problem but with custom field inclusion in live search results.
How to manipulate query of this widget?