{"id":7551,"date":"2022-09-07T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustpulse.com\/?p=7551"},"modified":"2022-09-08T10:04:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T14:04:57","slug":"how-to-create-custom-wordpress-search-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustpulse.com\/2022\/09\/07\/how-to-create-custom-wordpress-search-form\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Custom WordPress Search Form (Easy Steps)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you thinking about how to create a custom search form in WordPress?<\/p>\n

Search forms help users find content on your website easily. If the visitors cannot find the content, they can quickly move to other websites.<\/p>\n

In this post, you’ll learn how to create a custom search form on your website, step by step.<\/p>\n

Why Do You Need a Custom Search Form?<\/h2>\n

A custom search form makes it easy for visitors to find the content on your website.<\/p>\n

The WordPress search widget works on post types like posts or pages but ignores searching content within custom fields.<\/p>\n

With a custom search form, you can decide where to search on your website and control the ranking of search results. For example, if there are any matching results, you can determine what content you want to show first. Search results toward the top of the list tend to get more clicks, so you want to place your most important pages as high as possible.<\/p>\n

Additionally, you can create an algorithm that will search for matching results only in the specified areas of your website. You can even make two different search forms and use them in different places, like one for a blog and another for a products page.<\/p>\n

With that being said, let\u2019s look at how you can create a search form and show results on your website.<\/p>\n

How to Create a Custom WordPress Search Form<\/h2>\n

\"SearchWP\"<\/p>\n

SearchWP<\/a> is the #1 search plugin for WordPress websites. It\u2019s actively installed on more than 30,000 websites and gives you the features for customizing search results.<\/p>\n

SearchWP looks for the matching results in the posts\/pages, comments, taxonomies, and custom fields.<\/p>\n

Some of the popular features of the SearchWP plugin are:<\/p>\n