includes/class-tmdo-hivepress-entity-groups.php

@@ -257,7 +257,16 @@ final class TMDO_HivePress_Entity_Groups {
 					'label' => 'Hourly rate',
 				),
 			),
-			array( 'post_types' => array( 'hp_listing' ) )
+			array(
+				'post_types' => array( 'hp_listing' ),
+				// Filtered and sorted on by HivePress search. Declared as indexes
+				// (added in place) rather than `searchable`, which would change
+				// the schema hash and rebuild a table that may hold aeav_only data.
+				'indexes'    => array(
+					'hourly_rate'  => array( 'hp_hourly_rate' ),
+					'rating_count' => array( 'hp_rating_count' ),
+				),
+			)
 		);
 	}
 	/**

tests/unit/HivePressEntityGroupsTest.php

@@ -58,6 +58,21 @@ class HivePressEntityGroupsTest extends TestCase {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * HivePress filters and sorts listings by these; they are declared as
+	 * group indexes (added in place by core) rather than `searchable`, which
+	 * would change the pinned hash and rebuild the table.
+	 */
+	public function test_listing_columns_filtered_and_sorted_on_are_indexed(): void {
+		$this->assertSame(
+			array(
+				'hourly_rate'  => array( 'hp_hourly_rate' ),
+				'rating_count' => array( 'hp_rating_count' ),
+			),
+			TMDO_Entity_Registry::get_group_indexes( 'post', 'hp_listing_core' )
+		);
+	}
+
 	public function test_shared_keys_keep_their_current_owner(): void {
 		foreach ( self::SHARED_KEY_OWNERS as $key => $group ) {
 			$this->assertSame( $group, TMDO_Entity_Registry::get_field( 'post', $key )['group'], $key );