Wrong results on acf search

[iekmuby]

When I'm trying to search by Advanced Custom Filed value, results contain additional data, which not relevant to my search criteria. For example, when I'm searching by ticker BGG, results contain also BDG. QNT contain KNT, BNT etc. This looks like wildcard search. My code for acf search:

function my_search_filter( $query ) {`
        if ( !is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() ) {`
                if ( $query->is_search ) {
                        $query->set( 'search_fields', array(
                                'post_title',
                                'post_content',
                                'meta' => array( 'ticker' )
                        ) );
                }
        }
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'my_search_filter', 1 );

How to solve it?

[allan23]

Hi @iekmuby,

Perhaps the best approach would be to perform a meta_query instead of setting meta as a search_field.

https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Custom_Field_Parameters