From be0a12b5a2090c268a43a06f727bd3482e0c99c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pixelhexe <info@screen-ab.de>
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:57:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Exclude search results 'created_by'

---
 administrator/language/en-GB/plg_finder_content.ini |  2 ++
 plugins/finder/content/content.xml                  | 12 ++++++++++++
 plugins/finder/content/src/Extension/Content.php    |  5 ++++-
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/administrator/language/en-GB/plg_finder_content.ini b/administrator/language/en-GB/plg_finder_content.ini
index 5cf0f0faa1be1..69014d3a1253c 100644
--- a/administrator/language/en-GB/plg_finder_content.ini
+++ b/administrator/language/en-GB/plg_finder_content.ini
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ PLG_FINDER_QUERY_FILTER_BRANCH_P_ARTICLE="Articles"
 PLG_FINDER_QUERY_FILTER_BRANCH_P_AUTHOR="Authors"
 PLG_FINDER_QUERY_FILTER_BRANCH_S_ARTICLE="Article"
 PLG_FINDER_QUERY_FILTER_BRANCH_S_AUTHOR="Author"
+PLG_FINDER_CONTENT_FIELD_CREATED_BY_AUTHOR_LABEL="Include articles 'created by' (author's name)?"
+PLG_FINDER_CONTENT_FIELD_CREATED_BY_AUTHOR_DESC="Switch to 'no' if you want to search only in article content ignoring the field 'created by' (author's name)."
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/finder/content/content.xml b/plugins/finder/content/content.xml
index b5358e0bacc9e..ad44956f58c5d 100644
--- a/plugins/finder/content/content.xml
+++ b/plugins/finder/content/content.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,18 @@
 					<option value="language">PLG_FINDER_CONTENT_TAXONOMIES_LANGUAGE</option>
 					<option value="type">PLG_FINDER_CONTENT_TAXONOMIES_TYPE</option>
 				</field>
+				<field
+					name="include_created_by_author"
+					type="radio"
+					layout="joomla.form.field.radio.switcher"
+					label="PLG_FINDER_CONTENT_FIELD_CREATED_BY_AUTHOR_LABEL"
+					description="PLG_FINDER_CONTENT_FIELD_CREATED_BY_AUTHOR_DESC"
+					default="1"
+					filter="integer"
+					>
+					<option value="0">JNO</option>
+					<option value="1">JYES</option>
+				</field>
 			</fieldset>
 		</fields>
 	</config>
diff --git a/plugins/finder/content/src/Extension/Content.php b/plugins/finder/content/src/Extension/Content.php
index daa60863227c9..8ad6fe117d429 100644
--- a/plugins/finder/content/src/Extension/Content.php
+++ b/plugins/finder/content/src/Extension/Content.php
@@ -322,7 +322,10 @@ protected function index(Result $item)
         $item->addInstruction(Indexer::META_CONTEXT, 'metakey');
         $item->addInstruction(Indexer::META_CONTEXT, 'metadesc');
         $item->addInstruction(Indexer::META_CONTEXT, 'metaauthor');
-        $item->addInstruction(Indexer::META_CONTEXT, 'author');
+        // Include articles created by author
+        if ($this->params->get('include_created_by_author', true)) {
+            $item->addInstruction(Indexer::META_CONTEXT, 'author');
+        }
         $item->addInstruction(Indexer::META_CONTEXT, 'created_by_alias');
 
         // Translate the state. Articles should only be published if the category is published.