# Limit Search Results to Posts

> Restricts front-end search results to blog posts, leaving out pages and other post types.

- Type: PHP
- Runs: Run everywhere
- Category: [Search](https://wpide.com/library/category/search/)
- Tags: search, query, post-types
- Author: WPIDE Team
- Installs: 0
- Updated: 2026-10-28
- Page: https://wpide.com/library/search-only-posts/

## Code

```php
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function ( $query ) {
    if ( is_admin() || ! $query->is_main_query() || ! $query->is_search() ) {
        return;
    }

    // Post types to search, for example array( 'post', 'product' ).
    $query->set( 'post_type', array( 'post' ) );
} );
```

## How to use it

Install the free WPIDE plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/), find "Limit Search Results to Posts" in its snippet library and add it in one click; or create a new PHP snippet in WPIDE (or any code snippets plugin) and paste the code above. More snippets: https://wpide.com/library/