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  • December 10, 2014

    Add Attachments to WordPress Search Results

    I feel like this has to have been done a lot, and there are great plugins out there for it, but if you’re just looking to add a quick function to your theme (or a really simple plugin) yourself, here’s how to modify WordPress’ search query to include attachments (like images).

    function attachment_search( $query ) {
    if ( $query->is_search ) {
       $query->set( 'post_type', array( 'post', 'attachment' ) );
       $query->set( 'post_status', array( 'publish', 'inherit' ) );
    }
 
   return $query;
}

add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'attachment_search' );

    This does 2 things: includes posts of type ‘attachment’ to the search query, and adds the post status of ‘inherit’. This will ensure that any images (or other attachments) that were added while adding a new post or page will be included in the results.

    You can also extend the post type array to include your own Custom Post Types (eg array(  'post', 'attachment', 'products' ); )

    These 2 posts were very helpful in getting this code together:

  • November 21, 2014

    Workflow, Responsible Responsive Design, And More Friday Links

    I have already come across a few things this morning that I’ve wanted to share out, so it seems a short blog post is in order!

    • Profession Workflows & Best Practices | WPSessions: Brian over at WPSessions is hosting a free seminar on best practices for development and you shouldn’t miss it! It’s going to be a great learning opportunity for anyone, whether you’re new, a freelancer, or work with these tools every day. I can’t wait for this one!
    • Pixact.ly: This is a fun little game that shows you how well you can eyeball pixel values. I’m just OK. How do you measure up?
    • Sleeping Position by Profession: Funny and pretty accurate from my experience.
    • Story.AM: This service that’s launching soon. From the site: “Create and sell interactive longform stories on a collaborative platform built for storytelling.”
    • Responsible Responsive Design: The latest book by A Book Apart, penned by Scott Jehl. This is bound to be a good one. I can’t wait to read it.
    • Silicon Valley Job Title Generator: What are you? This morning I got “KICKSTARTER EVANGELIST.” Funny because yesterday, I blogged all about Why Kickstarter is bad for Christmas Gift (what I don’t mention in the title is what I think it’s great for).

  • July 21, 2009

    Directory Handler at Theme Forest

    I’m happy to announce my first Theme Forest component, Directory Handler. it’s a simple set of 2 classes that handle (in several ways) listing the contents of a directory. The main class, DirectoryHandler, includes several functions that:

    • Get and/or print the entire contents of a directory
    • Normalize the name of a file or directory (replace special characters with spaces)
    • Return the extension of a file
    • Return all of the files of a directory in an array
    • Return all of the sub directories of a directory in an array

    TheImageDirectory class extends the functionality of DirectoryHandler by changing the get and print directory functions to:

    • Print a thumbnail version of the image
    • Integrate lightbox for easy image viewing/browsing.

    You can view a live demo here and Download the full documentation here.