WordPress Search Query
Here are instances when a WordPress blog search returns just one item. This might be the thing the user was seeking for anyhow, depending on how well organized your site is. When a search query returns only one match, one of our users enquired as to whether there was a method to redirect to the post. We’ll teach you how to send people to the content when a search only finds up one match in this article.
Simply open the functions.php file for your theme and paste the following code.
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add_action('template_redirect', 'one_match_redirect');function one_match_redirect() { if (is_search()) { global $wp_query; if ($wp_query->post_count == 1) { wp_redirect( get_permalink( $wp_query->posts['0']->ID ) ); } }} |
Be aware that not all users will be expecting this functionality. So they might be terrified.
