How to display author name in joomla search results

Question

I wonder if it is possible to display author name or created_by or created_by_alias in com_search results page.

In components/com_search/views/search/tmpl/default_results.php, this obviously wouldn't work :

    ....
<dd>
        <?php echo $result->created_by_alias; ?>
    </dd>
    <?php endforeach; ?>

Answer 1

You cannot do this with the default Search component without modifying the search plugin database query. This is considered a core hack, therefore not recommended.

Instead I'd suggest using Smart Search:

1. Go to Plugins >> Smart Search, then enable it.
2. Go to Modules >> Smart Search. Enable and assign to a page.
3. Go to Components >> Smart Search >> Index.

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Now that the initial steps are done, you should create a Template Override for the following file:

components\com_finder\views\search\tmpl\default_result.php

Once done, open the template override file:

templates\YOUR_TEMPLATE\html\com_finder\search\default_result.php

In here, you need to add the following code which will display the author:

<?php echo $this->result->author; ?>

Hope this helps