Plugin Author
Steven
(@shazahm1hotmailcom)
Please navigate to the Connections Settings admin page and click the Search tab. Disable the “Department” field option and save the change.
I hope this helps; please let me know.
I’m using the Kadence theme. Perhaps you misunderstood me. There are categories that serve as departments. If I use the indexed search plugin, I get a list of results in the form of department names, and in order to see the employee’s card, I have to go to the department and physically find the employee there. Is it possible to make an employee’s withdrawal in the form of a card? When searching for a person with a recurring surname, several departments are offered and for unambiguous identification I have to visit each option.Perhaps you can recommend another theme or plugin for the search.
Plugin Author
Steven
(@shazahm1hotmailcom)
So, I can get on the same page… are you attempting to use the core WP Search feature to search for Connections Directory Entries?
If you are…
It is not possible to integrate with the core WordPress search because it is highly optimized for only searching WP pages/posts or Custom Post Types (CPT) if they are registered for search.
Connections does not use CPT for its data because the DB schema for CPT’s are optimized for post-like data only. Connections uses a DB schema optimized for directory content for performance and scalability. You’ll find that much larger plugins such as WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads have moved or are moving away from using CPT’s because using them is too inefficient for the custom data schema they require.
If you want search, you need one of the premium templates. If you want a search input on your home page, use the Search Widget, which comes as part of the Widget Pack. You can place this widget in your theme’s sidebar so it shows up everywhere.
Hope this helps; please let me know!
