{"id":5842,"date":"2020-01-16T16:13:57","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T10:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/?p=5842"},"modified":"2025-02-03T17:05:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T11:35:24","slug":"how-to-add-search-bar-to-a-wordpress-website-on-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/how-to-add-search-bar-to-a-wordpress-website-on-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add search bar to a WordPress website on 2020 theme?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Search-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Search-1.png 560w, https:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Search-1-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like search engines help users in finding the necessary stuff with the relevant keywords, a search bar of a website helps its visitors in finding the required things on a website. It is not an exaggeration to say that every website requires a search bar. When a search bar is that important, let us find out, how to install a search bar on a wordpress website! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to add a search bar on your website?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There are three different methods of adding\na search bar to a website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>From the widget panel <\/li><li>Through a plugin<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From the widget panel<\/strong>: The first method through which you can add a search bar to your site is through the widget panel in your site\u2019s dashboard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tap on Appearance &#8212; Widgets &#8212; Search widget &#8212; Add widget &#8212; Set a title <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Appearance-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5908\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"344\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/widgets_-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/widgets_-2.png 344w, https:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/widgets_-2-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/add_a_widget_-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5910\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/add_a_widget_-2.png 336w, https:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/add_a_widget_-2-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/search_widget_.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5913\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/search_title_.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5914\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You will find the search widget on the sidebar of your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Through a plugin<\/strong>: <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We all know that plugins make our lives\nsimple without having to go for complicated coding. You can also add a search\nwidget through a plugin and need no technical knowledge to do this task. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This\nis also an automated method. You won&#8217;t need coding or technical knowledge at\nall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/add_new-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5915\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ivory_search_install_.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5918\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Go to&nbsp;<strong>Plugins &gt; Add New<\/strong> &#8212; <strong>Ivory Search &#8212; Install &#8212; Activate &#8212; <\/strong> Settings &#8212; Select posts and pages on which search bar should appear &#8212; Save Form<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ivory_search_settings.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5919\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holithemes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ivory_search_interface_.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5920\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ivory Search Plugin: Ivory Search is an advanced search plugin designed for WordPress that allows to create unlimited new search forms in a customized manner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They can be configured to perform different types of searches for different types of content. Users can display the search bars on different areas of a web-page such as header, footer, sidebar, menus, pages, posts, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Search bar forms crucial part of a web-page on varieties of websites from e-commerce to blog sites to search for products, pages and posts of a site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just like search engines help users in finding the necessary stuff with the relevant keywords, a search bar of a website helps its visitors in finding the required things on a website. It is not an exaggeration to say that every website requires a search bar. 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