postmeta. ' ON '. $wpdb->posts . '.ID = ' . $wpdb->postmeta . '.post_id '; } return $join; } add_filter('posts_join', 'cf_search_join' ); /** * Modify the search query with posts_where * * http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/posts_where */ function cf_search_where( $where ) { global $pagenow, $wpdb; if ( is_search() ) { $where = preg_replace( "/\(\s*".$wpdb->posts.".post_title\s+LIKE\s*(\'[^\']+\')\s*\)/", "(".$wpdb->posts.".post_title LIKE $1) OR (".$wpdb->postmeta.".meta_value LIKE $1)", $where ); } return $where; } add_filter( 'posts_where', 'cf_search_where' ); /** * Prevent duplicates * * http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/posts_distinct */ function cf_search_distinct( $where ) { global $wpdb; if ( is_search() ) { return "DISTINCT"; } return $where; } add_filter( 'posts_distinct', 'cf_search_distinct' );