Do you want to add a search form to a WordPress post?
Adding a search form to your post or page content is a good way to encourage visitors to find more content and stay on your site longer.
I will show you the easiest way to do it.
Why add a search form to your posts and pages?
A guest liked your WordPress blog post, they might want to read more. Offering a search form in the post will help them find more of your content.
When you make it easy for users to spend more time on your site, you can increase pageviews and decrease bounce rate.
Your visitors are also more likely to engage with your email list, leave comments, make purchases, and follow you on social media.
I will show you how to add a standard WordPress search form to your posts. If you want to add a custom search form, check out our step-by-step instructions.
Add search form with shortcode
You can add a search form to your WordPress posts using code. This method is not recommended for beginners, so if you are not familiar with the code, you should use another method instead.
In this method you will have to edit your theme’s functions.php file or child theme.
All you have to do is open your theme’s functions.php file and paste the following code:
add_shortcode('wpbsearch', 'get_search_form');<div><span>1</span></div>
Then you just need to add the shortcode [wpbsearch] to the post or page where you want the search form to appear.
This will display the default WordPress search form. To view this search form, simply view the post on your website.
If you want to display a custom search form, you should use this code instead.
function wpbsearchform( $form ) {
$form = '
‘;
return $form;
}
add_shortcode(‘wpbsearch’, ‘wpbsearchform’);
Please modify the above code to customize the search form as you wish.
Epilogue
I hope this tutorial has helped you in adding a search form.
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