[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43867: Introduce the ability to control which fields are searched in a search query

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#43867: Introduce the ability to control which fields are searched in a search
query
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 Reporter:  johnbillion      |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Query            |    Version:
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:  needs-patch needs-unit-tests
  Focuses:                   |
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 The `s` argument of the `WP_Query::parse_query()` method always searches
 the `post_title`, `post_excerpt`, and `post_content` fields, with no way
 of controlling this apart from using the `posts_search` filter and
 adjusting the SQL manually.

 It would be good if it was possible to specify which fields are searched
 when performing a query, for example via a `search_fields` argument or
 similar.

 My use case is for a REST API driven autocomplete field which allows a
 user to search post titles without a large number of less relevant results
 appearing due to the search spanning post content too.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43867>
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