Hi! Sometimes new WPFTS users may notice the strange behavior of the WPFTS search: it works fine in the Sandbox, but the frontend search either makes 0 results, or only the first page of results is present, while the next pages are completely empty.

This behavior can be the result of the Polylang plugin feature (?) which filters posts by the language taxonomy, so only specific posts/pages (that have the assigned language equals to the current language) can be found at the frontend. All other posts/pages (and attachments too) that have no assigned language will be not found at all.

We made a simple addon which blocks this Polylang "feature" and allows all posts/pages to be searched at the frontend.

The code is below.

add_action('pre_get_posts', function($wpq)
{
	if ($wpq->is_main_query() && $wpq->is_search) {
                // Only execute the code below on frontend main search
                $wpq->tax_query = new WP_Tax_Query( array() );
		$wpq->set('lang', '');
		$wpq->set('tax_query', '');
	}			   
}, 99, 1);

You can download it also if you not a pro in coding and/or just don't want to patch theme files.
https://fulltextsearch.org/wpfts-addon-polylang.zip

Hi, @wonderbuild

Should be you are using the "WPFTS :: Live Search" widget. This widget is intended to show this live search data. If you don't want them, simply use the native WP Search widget.

Hope it helps.

Hi @melanie-james

First of all, to see attachment contents in Smart Excerpts with Avada theme you need to implement a small patch, which removes the incompatibility of Avada theme.

Please read more here
https://fulltextsearch.org/forum/topic/11/solved-avada-theme-excerpt-do-not-show

Hi @melanie-james

Okay, thanks for the example. One more question: do you want this link to be shown inside the Smart Excerpt output or just below it? Are you using Smart Excerpts at all?

Hi @webwerkplaats

No, WPFTS does not control this parameter.
The reason why you don't see any changes may be because the code is wrong.
Please try this code instead:

add_action('pre_get_posts', function(&$query)
{
    $query->set('posts_per_page', 50);
});

Notice: 'pre_get_posts' is an action , you don't need to return something from it.
The parameter $query should be sent as reference (with &).

Let me know if this helps.

Hi @vhutheesing

No, you shouldn't pay. Just get your copy for free and make experiments with it. If you don't like what happens - just remove it and that's it. No need to pay or cancel something.

https://fulltextsearch.org/evaluation/

Hi @advanto

I sent you a newer version of WPFTS Pro which should have this issue fixed.
Please install it and try to reindex one attachment. If it will be successful, then the problem is over. If no - I will need to make further research on your issue.

Please notice the error message in the Reindex block on the Edit Attachment page.

Thanks!

Hi @melanie-james

Yes, WPFTS Pro can do this trick. I guess you have inserted the button from the Visual Builder library? In this case, the raw text view of the post content should show the shortcode of this button with the link to the file inside (in the "link" or "URL" attribute).

WPFTS Pro can handle such cases with an additional small PHP code addon, which I will provide to you.

Please copy the raw text of your post content here so I can create such an addon.

Thanks!

Hi @advanto
First of all, please check if you have a valid license and there are no errors at the Licensing tab.

Another thing, you may be blocked access to the textmill.io domain from inside your network (this problem often happens if your website is local). The administrator of your network should help with this problem.

You also may know which exact error you have if you open any file in WP Media Library using Edit Attachment and click the "Reindex" button on that page. Please notice: how much time it spends to reindex this exact document (time longer than 1 minute may mean that you have no access to textmill.io from inside your network). Also in case the error happens, you will see the message below.

Please let me know what you investigated out to let me propose further steps.

Thanks!