This works a treat…. (put in Child Theme php)
/** * Limit search to title */ function search_by_title_only($search, $wp_query) { global $wpdb; if (empty($search)) { return $search; // skip processing – no search term in query } $q = $wp_query->query_vars; $n = !empty($q[‘exact’]) ? ” : ‘%’; $search = $searchand = ”; foreach ((array) $q[‘search_terms’] as $term) { $term = esc_sql($wpdb->esc_like($term)); $search .= “{$searchand}($wpdb->posts.post_title LIKE ‘{$n}{$term}{$n}’)”; $searchand = ‘ AND ‘; } if (!empty($search)) { $search = ” AND ({$search}) “; if (!is_user_logged_in()) { $search .= ” AND ($wpdb->posts.post_password = ”) “; } } return $search; } add_filter(‘posts_search’, ‘search_by_title_only’, 20, 2);
