WordPress get_posts by title like

Question

I am trying to create a small search-function for WordPress. An AJAX call should get all posts where the title is like %quote%.

Is there a possibility to make this happen inside the get_posts() function?

Don't get me wrong. The ajax works fine. I have the ajax function in my functions.php and I receive the posts. It's just the "where title like" part where I couldn't find a solution.

Answer 1

You could do a custom search query also.

$search_query = "SELECT ID FROM {$wpdb->prefix}posts
                         WHERE post_type = 'post' 
                         AND post_title LIKE %s";
    
$like = '%' . $quote . '%';
$results = $wpdb->get_results($wpdb->prepare($search_query, $like), ARRAY_A);

$quote_ids = array_column($results, 'ID');

$quotes = get_posts(array('post_type'=>'post', 'orderby'=>'title', 'order'=>'ASC', 'post__in' => $quote_ids));

Answer 2

No, but you can create a custom loop.

Check this.

EDIT:

$args = array('s' => 'keyword');

$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );

// The Loop
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
    
    while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
        $the_query->the_post();
        //whatever you want to do with each post
    }
} else {
     // no posts found
}