From 1f5164c49a15fddd0dbecb887042bb989509454b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sarthaknagoshe2002 <sarthaknagoshe2002@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 17:59:59 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Restrict parent page API search to post titles only

---
 packages/editor/src/components/page-attributes/parent.js | 1 +
 packages/fields/src/fields/parent/parent-edit.tsx        | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/page-attributes/parent.js b/packages/editor/src/components/page-attributes/parent.js
index cb2b9eebf9af14..e3144b473f42d8 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/page-attributes/parent.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/page-attributes/parent.js
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ export function PageAttributesParent() {
 			if ( !! fieldValue ) {
 				query.search = fieldValue;
 				query.orderby = 'relevance';
+				query.search_columns = [ 'post_title' ];
 			}
 
 			const parentPost = pageId
diff --git a/packages/fields/src/fields/parent/parent-edit.tsx b/packages/fields/src/fields/parent/parent-edit.tsx
index c9dc08d4bf47b7..b593571b6d9105 100644
--- a/packages/fields/src/fields/parent/parent-edit.tsx
+++ b/packages/fields/src/fields/parent/parent-edit.tsx
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ export function PageAttributesParent( {
 					// Perform a search by relevance when the field is changed.
 					search: fieldValue,
 					orderby: 'relevance',
+					search_columns: [ 'post_title' ],
 				} ),
 			};