Only Recent Blog Posts in Search Results
Leaves blog posts older than three years out of search results, while pages and other content types stay searchable, which suits news sites and fast-moving topics.
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Code
// Blog posts older than this many months are left out of search results. Pages and other content types are not affected.
$wpide_search_max_age_months = 36;
add_filter( 'posts_where', function ( $where, $query ) use ( $wpide_search_max_age_months ) {
global $wpdb;
if ( $wpide_search_max_age_months < 1 || is_admin() || ! $query->is_main_query() || ! $query->is_search() ) {
return $where;
}
$cutoff = wp_date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime( '-' . absint( $wpide_search_max_age_months ) . ' months' ) );
return $where . $wpdb->prepare( " AND ( {$wpdb->posts}.post_type <> 'post' OR {$wpdb->posts}.post_date >= %s )", $cutoff );
}, 10, 2 );Notes
Change the number of months at the top; old posts remain reachable through archives and links.
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