Backend search; include CPT meta?

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I’ve currently got a Custom Post Type with 2 part titles; I’ve got everything working perfectly on the front end. But when it comes to searching for a post, the post you’re searching for doesn’t always show up because part of the title is in the meta for that post.

Is there any way that I can include the meta in the back end search for the Custom Post Type?

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  1. Untested, but the following should work:

    add_action( 'posts_clauses', 'wpse110779_filter_admin_search', 10, 2 );
function wpse110779_filter_admin_search( $pieces, $query ){
      global $wpdb;

     //Check if this is the main query,and is a search on the admin screen
     if( $query->is_search() & $query->is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() ){

          //Collect post types & search term
          $post_types = $query->get('post_type');
          $search = $query->get('s');

          //Check if query is for 'my-cpt' post type
          if( 'my-cpt' == $post_types 
               || ( is_array(  $post_types ) && in_array( 'my-cpt',  $post_types ) )
          ){

             //Set up meta query
             $meta_query = array( array(
                'key' => 'my_key',
                'value' => $search,
                'compare' => 'LIKE'
            ));

             //Generate sql
             $meta_sql = get_meta_sql( $meta_query, 'post', $wpdb->posts, 'ID', $query );

             $pieces['join'] . = " ". $meta_sql['join'];
             $pieces['where'] . = " OR (" . $meta_sql['where'] .")";
          }
     }
     return $pieces;
}

    Please note this completely untested, but should work in principle, and will atleast get you started.

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