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Prevent empty and spammy Searches
markusbegerow Dec 30, 2021
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Merge pull request #1 from markusbegerow/markusbegerow-patch-1
markusbegerow Dec 30, 2021
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Update search-meter.php
markusbegerow Dec 30, 2021
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Merge branch 'master' into master
markusbegerow Oct 7, 2025
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Text Domain: search-meter
Domain Path: /languages

$Revision: 2843167 $
$Revision: 2542977 $


INSTRUCTIONS
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// Setting to true will record duplicates (the fact that it's a dupe will be recorded in the
// details). This will mess up the stats, but could be useful for troubleshooting.
$record_duplicates = apply_filters('search_meter_record_duplicates', false);

// Get all details of this search
// Filter search string
$search_string = $wp_query->query_vars['s'];
$len = (strlen($search_string) > 0);
$www = ('www' === substr($search_string, 0, 3));
$slashes = (false !== strpos($search_string, '/'));

if (is_search()
&& !is_paged() // not the second or subsequent page of a previously-counted search
&& !tguy_is_admin_interface() // not using the administration console
&& (0 === $tguy_sm_save_count || $record_duplicates)
&& (tguy_sm_array_value($_SERVER, 'HTTP_REFERER')) // proper referrer (otherwise could be search engine, cache...)
&& ($len or $www or $slashes)
) {
$options = get_option('tguy_search_meter');

// Break out if we're supposed to ignore admin searches
if (tguy_sm_array_value($options, 'sm_ignore_admin_search') && current_user_can("manage_options")) {
return $posts; // EARLY EXIT
}

// Get all details of this search
// search string is the raw query
$search_string = $wp_query->query_vars['s'];

// search terms is the words in the query
$search_terms = $search_string;
$search_terms = preg_replace('/[," ]+/', ' ', $search_terms);
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