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Search Only Post Titles in WordPress Tutorial/Guide
If you want your WordPress search to check only post titles and ignore content, here's a quick method using the posts_search filter in your theme:
- Navigate to your theme's directory and open the
functions.phpfile. - Add the following code snippet:
function limit_search_to_post_titles($search, $wp_query) {
if (is_search() && !is_admin()) {
$search_terms = $wp_query->query_vars['s'];
if (!empty($search_terms)) {
global $wpdb;
$search = $wpdb->prepare(" AND {$wpdb->posts}.post_title LIKE %s", '%' . $wpdb->esc_like($search_terms) . '%');
}
}
return $search;
}
add_filter('posts_search', 'limit_search_to_post_titles', 10, 2);
That’s it! Now your search will filter by post titles only, excluding body content and pages. 