WP_Query with “post_title LIKE 'something%'” and category

Question

I need to do a WP_Query with a LIKE on the post_title and category

This query_post is not working

query_posts(
     array(
        'post_type' => 'add_buying',
        'like' => $keywords,
        'posts_per_page' => 5,
        'taxonomy' => 'add_country',
        'term' => 'drawing'
 ));

Answer 1

Change your second parameter to 's' and I think it's going to work:

$args = array(      
    'post_type'   => 'post',
    's'           => $search_term,
    'post_status' => 'publish'    
);
$wp_query = new WP_Query($args);

And good luck

Answer 2

Check this url and change the like parameter.

query_posts( array(
'post_type' => 'add_buying',
's' => $keywords,
'posts_per_page' => 5,
'taxonomy' => 'add_country',
'term' => 'drawing' 
));

Answer 3

title (string) - use post title (available with Version 4.4).

$args = array(      
    'post_type'   => 'post',
    'title'       => $title,
    'post_status' => 'publish'
); 
$wp_query = new WP_Query($args);