Year: 2024

This time I will introduce a plugin that I use to sell paid articles. To use this plugin, use WooCommerce’s shop system. And since you need your readers to create an account, you need to uncheck WooCommerce –> Settings –> Accounts & Privacy –> “Allow customers to place orders even if they don’t have an account.”

So, what plugin are you using? It’s a plugin called Pay For Post with WooCommerce. First, install WooCommerce, then install Pay For Post with WooCommerce. After creating a post, before publishing it, create a product in WooCommerce. Make it into a virtual product and publish it. After that, go back to the post and link the WooCommerce product you created with the article.

If you have WooCommerce installed in WordPress, all posts, pages, and products will be displayed when you search from the regular search widget. Today I will introduce a code that does not display the product and page when searching from the regular search widget. Put the following code in functions.php.

/** Remove WooCommerce products and WordPress page results from search form widget */
   function mycustom_modify_search_query( $query ) {
     // Make sure this isn't the admin or is the main query
     if( is_admin() || ! $query->is_main_query() ) {
       return;
     }
     // Make sure it is not a WooCommerce product search form
     if( isset($_GET['post_type']) && ($_GET['post_type'] == 'product') ) {
       return;
     }
     if( $query->is_search() ) {
       $in_search_post_types = get_post_types( array( 'exclude_from_search' => false ) );
       // Type of post to delete (Example: "product" and "page")
       $post_types_to_remove = array( 'product', 'page' );
       foreach( $post_types_to_remove as $post_type_to_remove ) {
         if( is_array( $in_search_post_types ) && in_array( $post_type_to_remove, $in_search_post_types ) ) {
           unset( $in_search_post_types[ $post_type_to_remove ] );
           $query->set( 'post_type', $in_search_post_types );
         }
       }
     }
   }
   add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'mycustom_modify_search_query' );