Include Tags In Wordpress Search

Include Tags In Search

//Add Tags to Search
function custom_search_where($where){
  global $wpdb;
  if (is_search())
    $where .= "OR (t.name LIKE '%".get_search_query()."%' AND {$wpdb->posts}.post_status = 'publish')";
  return $where;
}

function custom_search_join($join){
  global $wpdb;
  if (is_search())
    $join .= "LEFT JOIN {$wpdb->term_relationships} tr ON {$wpdb->posts}.ID = tr.object_id INNER JOIN {$wpdb->term_taxonomy} tt ON tt.term_taxonomy_id=tr.term_taxonomy_id INNER JOIN {$wpdb->terms} t ON t.term_id = tt.term_id";
  return $join;
}

function custom_search_groupby($groupby){
  global $wpdb;

  // we need to group on post ID
  $groupby_id = "{$wpdb->posts}.ID";
  if(!is_search() || strpos($groupby, $groupby_id) !== false) return $groupby;

  // groupby was empty, use ours
  if(!strlen(trim($groupby))) return $groupby_id;

  // wasn't empty, append ours
  return $groupby.", ".$groupby_id;
}

add_filter('posts_where','custom_search_where');
add_filter('posts_join', 'custom_search_join');
add_filter('posts_groupby', 'custom_search_groupby');

@Connum Thanks for the quick reply. I'm finding that even if I use your method, if I literally search just % signs like % or %%%, it will return strange posts that don't even exist, some with weird titles and excerpts with actual code in them. The same thing happens if I search with a blank input. Something like 100% will query fine though with your method or the original method.

I have it like this:

function custom_search_where($where){
        global $wpdb;
        $placeholder_string = $wpdb->placeholder_escape();
        if (is_search()) {
            $where .= "OR (t.name LIKE '".$placeholder_string.get_search_query().$placeholder_string."' AND {$wpdb->posts}.post_status = 'publish')";
        }
        return $where;
    }