function template_chooser($template)
{
  global $wp_query;
  $post_type = get_query_var('post_type');
  if( $wp_query->is_search && $post_type == 'og_event' )
  {
    return locate_template('search-events.php');  //  redirect to search-events.php
  }
  return $template;
}
add_filter('template_include', 'template_chooser');

<form role="search" action="<?php echo site_url('/'); ?>" method="get" id="searchform">
      <input type="text" name="s" placeholder="Search Events"/>
      <input type="hidden" name="post_type" value="og_event" /> 
      <input type="submit" alt="Search" value="Search" />
</form>

Solution - 1

is your custom post type "publicly_queryable" ? It should be. Did you check what this line is returning?

$post_type = get_query_var('post_type');

Solution - 2

Is it the only search present on the site or there is another default search too? If it is the only search then you can edit search.php file.

Solution - 3

You can check out this page for building a custom search page to search for specific post types: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/03/advanced-wordpress-search-with-wp_query/

Solution - 4

Hi Kyler, Could you add this into functions.php

function ElDigital_Search_Filter( $query ) {

if ( $query->is_search ) {
$query->set( 'post_type', array('og_event') );
}
return $query;
}
add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'ElDigital_Search_Filter' );

Solution - 5

Hi Kyler, there is nothing wrong with the code above. i have tried it and it working perfectly so, i assume the problem is not this part.

Solution - 6

Hi, Bellow step : 1- change search form (custom post 'project')

Search project

Solution - 7

You can do it in your SEARCH.PHP file with the following code

$post_type = trim($_GET['post_type']); 

switch ($post_type) 
{
    case 'og_event':
        include 'search-events.php';
        break;
    default:
        include 'search-default.php';
        break;
}