Show Pages Before Posts in Search Results
Lists matching pages first in search results, then blog posts, then other content, so key pages like pricing or contact are not buried under older posts.
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Code
// Content types in the order they should appear in search results; anything else follows.
$wpide_search_type_order = array( 'page', 'post' );
add_filter( 'posts_orderby', function ( $orderby, $query ) use ( $wpide_search_type_order ) {
global $wpdb;
if ( is_admin() || ! $query->is_main_query() || ! $query->is_search() || ! $wpide_search_type_order ) {
return $orderby;
}
$case = "CASE {$wpdb->posts}.post_type";
foreach ( array_values( $wpide_search_type_order ) as $i => $type ) {
$case .= $wpdb->prepare( ' WHEN %s THEN %d', $type, $i );
}
$case .= ' ELSE ' . count( $wpide_search_type_order ) . ' END ASC';
// Within each type, WordPress's own relevance order is kept.
return '' !== trim( $orderby ) ? $case . ', ' . $orderby : $case;
}, 10, 2 );Notes
Change the order list to rank other types, such as product or docs, at the top.
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