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    • 25 Apr 2017 at 18:34 #3048
      Michael Link
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      Looking for a way for the search within WordPress to be able to return results that include content within a PDF. Does anybody know of a way to accomplish this?

    • 25 Apr 2017 at 19:38 #3049
      Michael Link
      Participant

      FYI – Found SearchWP as a paid plugin that does this. Installed it and tinkering with it now. Any thoughts on it co-existing with Relevanssi?

    • 25 Apr 2017 at 20:28 #3050
      Michael Link
      Participant

      OK – so SearchWP indexed the PDFs quite nicely…however the indexed results are not showing up in the search (and I believe that’s because the search baked into the theme is displaying “Relevanssi” content only.

      My question now is – how baked in/necessary is Relevanssi to the theme running/behaving correctly?

      Thanks!

      – Michael

    • 27 Apr 2017 at 13:09 #3051
      Matty
      Member

      Hi Michael

      How is WP Search working out for you?

      Relevanssi isn’t hard wired into the theme but is integral for the indexing and search through the staff directory and profiles.

      There is also the option to index ‘attachments’ in Relevanssi, which will index everything in your media folder as well

      Kind Regards

      Matty

    • 28 Apr 2017 at 13:33 #3059
      Michael Link
      Participant

      Honestly, so far so good. We have Relevanssi installed, but not “active”. I haven’t tried completely uninstalling it yet.

      Two key factors with WP Search – it indexing automatically and it digs into the PDFs (that it can) and puts the text in a database field it creates and makes it indexed.

      I did have to do two custom child-theme code snippets to make the “loop” work with excerpts, but otherwise…it was pretty easy. So far though I haven’t done anything with forums or user searches.

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