{"id":696,"date":"2017-09-25T14:22:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T14:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/?p=696"},"modified":"2017-09-25T14:22:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T14:22:48","slug":"advance-user-search-buddypress-member-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/buddypress-member-types-pro\/advance-user-search-buddypress-member-types\/","title":{"rendered":"Advance User Search with BuddyPress Member Types"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BuddyPress default search form is very simple. If you want advance filtering based on member types, we suggest using <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/bp-profile-search\/\">BP Profile Search<\/a> plugin by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dontdream.it\/\">Andrea Tarantini<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Prerequisite:-<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>If you don&#8217;t have the BP Profile Search plugin, Please <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/bp-profile-search\/\">download it from here<\/a> and install\/activate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For this guide, we are assuming that we are creating a search form from scratch. You can do it with your existing form too.<\/p>\n<h3>Creating a search form:-<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Step 1:-<\/strong> Please click on Dashboard-&gt;Users-&gt;Profile search menu as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/bp-profile-search-menu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-697\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/bp-profile-search-menu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once you click on it, you will see a screen like this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-create-new-search-form.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-700\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-create-new-search-form.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-create-new-search-form.png 468w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-create-new-search-form-300x95.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a>Click on the &#8220;Add New&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:-<\/strong> On the new form screen, you can add search fields by \u00a0clicking on add field.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-member-type-field-name-select.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-698\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-member-type-field-name-select.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-member-type-field-name-select.png 695w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-member-type-field-name-select-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-member-type-field-name-select-323x275.png 323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please select the name of the Member Type field(That you created earlier) and click on Public\/Update button in the right side. You will see an updated screen like this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-member-type-field.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-699\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-member-type-field.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"766\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-member-type-field.png 766w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-member-type-field-300x52.png 300w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-member-type-field-480x83.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can add other fields and organize the form as you please. For simplicity, we just used two fields and here is what our form looks in the back end.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-form-admin-example.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-702\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-form-admin-example.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"777\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-form-admin-example.png 777w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-form-admin-example-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-form-admin-example-768x282.png 768w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-form-admin-example-272x100.png 272w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-form-admin-example-480x176.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And here is what our form looks on the front end.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-advance-form.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-701\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-advance-form.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-advance-form.png 735w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-advance-form-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2017\/09\/buddypress-profile-search-advance-form-480x180.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can extend it as you please.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BuddyPress default search form is very simple. If you want advance filtering based on member types, we suggest using BP Profile Search plugin by Andrea Tarantini. Prerequisite:- If you don&#8217;t have the BP Profile Search plugin, Please download it from here and install\/activate. 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