How to use the search bar

Modified on Tue, 17 Nov 2020 at 03:26 PM

ACF search tool’s mechanism is based on Shopify’s REST API and GraphQL API. Due to these APIs’ limitations, searching is different according to type of resource; For this reason, if you want the search bar to work well, you have to know how to use the correct keyword for each resource.


1 - Pages


  • Page data only provides search mechanism based on page title. Please type exactly page title for the best results. Ex: “about us”, “compare page”…


2 - Blogs


  • Blog data only provides search mechanism based on blog handles. Please type exactly a blog handle for the best results. Ex: “accessories-1”, “boots”…


3 - Posts


  • Post data only provides search mechanism based on blog handles that they belong to. Please type exactly a blog handle for the best results. Ex: “accessories-1”, “boots”…


4 - Collections - Smart collections


  • Collection and smart collection data provide search mechanism based on the collection's title. Please type a keyword or sub keyword of the collection's title. Ex: “laptops”, “computer”, “laptops & computer”…


5 - Products


  • Product data provides search mechanism based on product's title, product's type or product's vendor. Please type a keyword or sub keyword of product's title, product's type or product's vendor to search. Ex: “coneco”, “fashion”, “Armani”…


6 - Product variants


  • Variant data provides search mechanism based on product's title, product's type, product's vendor that they belong to. Please type a keyword or sub keyword of product's title, product's type or vendor to search. Ex: “coneco”, “fashion”, “Armani”…


7 - Customers


  • Customer data provides search mechanism based on customer's email or customer's country. Please type a keyword or sub keyword of customer's email or country to search. Ex: “john@gmail.com”, “United States”...


8 - Orders


  • Order data provides search mechanism based on customer email. Please type a keyword or sub keyword of email to search. Ex: “john@gmail.com”


9 - Draft orders


  • Draft order data provides search mechanism based on customer ID or order status. Please type an exact order status or customer ID to search. Ex: “open”, “1546075045934”

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