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Term Archive Priority

The Term Archive Priority extension is deprecated
Please use a Taxonomy source instead.

The Term Archive Priority Extension will force taxonomy term archive pages to bubble to the top of search results when a match is found. This allows you to search by taxonomy term and have applicable taxonomy archive pages show up within your search results!

This Extension only applies to supplemental search engines.

Out of the box, all supplemental search engines will apply this change when the plugin is active, but you can filter that down to specific supplemental search engines by doing something like the following:

<?php
function my_maybe_include_term_archive( $include, $engine, $terms ) {
// only have term archives included for supplemental search engine with name 'supplemental'
return ( $engine == 'supplemental' ) ? true : false;
}
add_filter( 'searchwp_term_archive_enabled', 'my_maybe_include_term_archive', 10, 3 );
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NOTE: by default, Term Archive Priority supports exact taxonomy term matches. If you would like to enable matching of any word within a taxonomy term, use the following filter:

<?php
add_filter( 'searchwp_tax_term_or_logic', '__return_true' );
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Once activated, you will need to customize your search results loop so as to account for term archive pages in the results. This is a full theme template example outlining how to properly implement the Term Archive Priority Extension:

<?php
/* Template Name: SearchWP Term Archive Priority Sample */
global $post;
// Retrieve applicable query parameters.
$search_query = isset( $_GET['searchwp'] ) ? sanitize_text_field( $_GET['searchwp'] ) : null;
$search_page = isset( $_GET['swppg'] ) ? absint( $_GET['swppg'] ) : 1;
// Perform the search.
$search_results = [];
$search_pagination = '';
if ( ! empty( $search_query ) && class_exists( '\\SearchWP\\Query' ) ) {
$searchwp_query = new \SearchWP\Query( $search_query, [
'engine' => 'supplemental', // The Engine name.
'fields' => 'all', // Load proper native objects of each result.
'page' => $search_page,
] );
$search_results = $searchwp_query->get_results();
$search_pagination = paginate_links( array(
'format' => '?swppg=%#%',
'current' => $search_page,
'total' => $searchwp_query->max_num_pages,
) );
}
get_header(); ?>
<div id="primary" class="content-area">
<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">
<header class="page-header">
<h1 class="page-title">
<?php if ( ! empty( $search_query ) ) : ?>
<?php printf( __( 'Search Results for: %s' ), esc_html( $search_query ) ); ?>
<?php else : ?>
SearchWP Supplemental Search
<?php endif; ?>
</h1>
<!-- BEGIN Supplemental Engine Search form -->
<form role="search" method="get" class="search-form"
action="<?php echo site_url( 'search-results/' ); ?>">
<label>
<span class="screen-reader-text">
<?php echo _x( 'Search for:', 'label' ) ?>
</span>
<input type="search" class="search-field"
name="searchwp"
placeholder="<?php echo esc_attr_x( 'Search...', 'placeholder' ) ?>"
value="<?php echo isset( $_GET['searchwp'] ) ? esc_attr( $_GET['searchwp'] ) : '' ?>"
title="<?php echo esc_attr_x( 'Search for:', 'label' ) ?>" />
</label>
<input type="submit" class="search-submit"
value="<?php echo esc_attr_x( 'Search', 'submit button' ) ?>" />
</form>
<!-- END Supplemental Engine Search form -->
</header>
<?php if ( ! empty( $search_query ) && ! empty( $search_results ) ) : ?>
<?php foreach ( $search_results as $search_result ) : ?>
<article class="page hentry search-result">
<?php
switch( get_class( $search_result ) ) {
case 'WP_Post':
$post = $search_result;
?>
<header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title">
<a href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
</h2></header>
<div class="entry-summary"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></div>
<?php
wp_reset_postdata();
break;
case 'SearchWPTermResult':
?>
<header class="entry-header"><h2 class="entry-title">
<a href="<?php echo $search_result->link; ?>">
<?php echo $search_result->taxonomy; ?>: <?php echo $search_result->name; ?>
</a>
</h2></header>
<div class="entry-summary">
<p><?php echo $search_result->description; ?></p>
</div>
<?php
break;
}
?>
</article>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php if ( $searchwp_query->max_num_pages > 1 ) : ?>
<div class="navigation pagination" role="navigation">
<h2 class="screen-reader-text">Results navigation</h2>
<div class="nav-links"><?php echo wp_kses_post( $search_pagination ); ?></div>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php elseif ( ! empty( $search_query ) ) : ?>
<p>No results found, please search again.</p>
<?php endif; ?>
</main> <!-- .site-main -->
</div> <!-- .content-area -->
<?php get_footer(); ?>

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