Solved Divi Search module failing to find Woo Commerce products

I know this has been discussed a fair bit here already, but the posts are a bit dated, so, just wondering if there have been any recent developments to this. (I've been through the options discussed here https://divi.help/threads/how-to-make-divi-search-like-wocommerce-items-search.641/#post-17785)

On this dev site, Home new - Vacuum & blowing solutions | VABS Ltd (thewebsiteguardians.dev), the Divi Search module is in place in the header, and as suggested on the forum link above, I am using the following in the Divi Theme Integration body:

<script>
jQuery(function($){
$( ".et_pb_searchform div input[type=hidden]" ).remove();
$( ".et_pb_searchform div" ).append( '<input type="hidden" name="post_type" value="product" />' );
});
</script>

I have also added the added search function customization to the Divi Theme functions.php file as discussed here https://wpzone.co/wordpress-and-div...e-products-and-tags-with-divis-search-module/

The Search module is half working now - it is finding products listed under Tags (there aren't many at this stage, but you can search for Accessories or Dry Clamp Pump and get results) and for any new products I manually add to the site, it will find those (if you do a search for 'Testing' you will get two products).

But it's not finding any of the pre-existing products if searching using their name. The only thing I can think of that may be the reason for this is that all of the products, except for the few I have manually added for testing, are delivered to the site via a data syncing plugin for inventory from Xero. Is this likely to be the problem? Is there anything I can do to solve this so that all products are given in the search results?

 

?? That's odd that RIEPS gave results, it's not a Tag; I did a search on BUSPS which, based on your search, should have given similar results, but got nothing. So, yes, I'll run this by the data sync plugin people. Thanks for looking at it!

 

I've heard back from the plugin developers and they say that the plugin is only updating prices and quantities, it doesn't have anything to do with delivery the products to the site, so, the problem still exists and is with WooCommerce/Divi still.

Is it possible that because this build is a development build (a copied version of the original), that it is having issues reading the product database and only finding products created in the development build?

 

Thanks, but that hasn't changed anything.

I ran this problem by ChatGpt and it suggested checking the indexing settings for WooCommerce products in WordPress and ensure they are set to be indexed for search. I checked and couldn't find what it was suggesting, there was no reference to "Product Search," or "Product Indexing,".

However, I've just discovered that in the WooCommerce product item there is a section called 'Publish', and in the Publish section there is the item, 'Catalog visibility: Shop and search results'. On selecting the Edit option for this item, Catalog visibility: Shop and search results, the following options are offered:
Shop and search results
Shop only
Search results only
Hidden

All of the products are set to 'Shop and search results'.

I selected a product, made no changes to the 'Catalog visibility: Shop and search results' options and did a search for it using the Divi Search module. As expected, the product was not found. I returned to the same product and selected a random 'Catalog visibility: Shop and search results' option and then reselected 'Shop and search results', updated the Publish settings and did another search for the product using the Divi Search module. This time the product was found. So, what does this mean? Why are these products, although set with 'Shop and search results' not being found?

 

Yes, just using the update button did work.

Can you please explain the Bulk Actions procedure I need to take? I realise you mean update a bulk amount, but how exactly do I do that?

 

Cool! That's actually working. Great, thanks for your help! I now have a solution.
Is there a quicker way to do this? I have 5900 products ;-)

 

You just keep bringing me good news! Thanks for that. (Yes, I was looking for something like this but couldn't spot it )