I'm trying to search through WP_Query in wordpress, in custom post types. I have this request

$wp_query = Wp_Query(['post_type' => 'property', 's' => 'test']);

This works perfect. but when my property has title with apostrophe like test's, it doesnt work, after enter into search page in my search attribute I got test\'s, and when I try to find posts by this attribute that doesnt work, also when I hardcode change search string without backslash.

Any ideas how to solve this? With some custom filter or something like that? Something about more complex search with WP_Query.

I'm trying to search through WP_Query in wordpress, in custom post types. I have this request

$wp_query = Wp_Query(['post_type' => 'property', 's' => 'test']);

This works perfect. but when my property has title with apostrophe like test's, it doesnt work, after enter into search page in my search attribute I got test\'s, and when I try to find posts by this attribute that doesnt work, also when I hardcode change search string without backslash.

Any ideas how to solve this? With some custom filter or something like that? Something about more complex search with WP_Query.

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using the \' escape works for me, so whatever is causing your issue is something else with your website. I checked with the code below:

$the_query = new WP_Query( ['post_type' => 'post', 's' => 'Hello\'s'] );
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
  echo '<ul>';
  while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
     $the_query->the_post();
     echo '<li>' . get_the_title() . '</li>';
  }
     echo '</ul>';
     }