{"id":20668,"date":"2020-11-30T04:50:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T20:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.mwwsb.com.my\/pjci\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=20668"},"modified":"2023-01-18T11:07:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T03:07:18","slug":"how-to-change-the-default-search-url-slug-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-change-the-default-search-url-slug-in-wordpress","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO: Change the default search URL slug in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20668\" class=\"elementor elementor-20668\" data-elementor-post-type=\"kb\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ad5e10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ad5e10\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-624ef59\" data-id=\"624ef59\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87f1e7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87f1e7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Change the default search URL slug in WordPress<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acaf1a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"acaf1a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\"><p>However, with a few simple tweaks, you can amend the search URL to be more consistent with your site\u2019s permalinks format. Optimizing search pages for search engines.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42fe74b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42fe74b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Amend Your Site\u2019s Functions File<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec49346 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec49346\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">The easiest way to change your search page slug is to edit your site\u2019s functions.php file. You can download the file using an FTP client, then edit the file locally using a text editor or simply use cPanel. File Manager in the HostPapa Dashboard to edit the file directly on the server.<\/div><p>Head to your WordPress site root, then select\u00a0<strong>wp-content &gt; themes<\/strong>.\u00a0 Open the directory pertaining to your active WordPress theme.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e955e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3e955e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wordpress08.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-900452c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"900452c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">Select wp-content then select themes<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd852d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd852d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">Copy and paste the following code at the bottom of the functions.php file:<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98c4157 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"98c4157\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<pre>\/**\n* Change search page slug.\n*\/\nfunction wp_change_search_url() {\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 if ( is_search() &amp;&amp; ! empty( $_GET['s'] ) ) {\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 wp_redirect( home_url( \"\/search\/\" ) . urlencode( get_query_var( 's' ) ) );\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 exit();\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 }\u00a0\u00a0\n}\nadd_action( 'template_redirect', 'wp_change_search_url' );<\/pre>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48ef245 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"48ef245\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wordpress09.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28d2bb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28d2bb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">Change search page slug<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb632f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb632f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Save the file (and upload to the server, if required), then head to your site\u2019s front-end and use your search feature. Notice how the URL structure has changed to\u00a0<em>https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-change-the-default-search-url-slug-in-wordpress<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4d443a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b4d443a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Change Search URL Slug Using .htaccess<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-832ce38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"832ce38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The alternative method to change your search URL slug is to use a .htaccess rule.\u00a0<strong>.htaccess\u00a0<\/strong>is a configuration file used by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/httpd.apache.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Apache web server\u00a0<\/a>and can be used to rewrite the format of URLs.<\/p><p>The .htaccess file can be found in your WordPress root folder. Download with an FTP client and edit with a text editor application, or use cPanel File Manager once again to edit the file directly on the server.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a24ac8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a24ac8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wordpress10.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6517cc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6517cc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">Change Search URL Slug Using .htaccess<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2c93c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2c93c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_6095\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6095\"><\/figure><p>Add the following code to the .htaccess file:<\/p><pre># Change WordPress search URL slug\nRewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} \\?s=([^&amp;]+) [NC]\nRewriteRule ^$ \/search\/%1\/? [NC,R,L]<\/pre><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dedc347 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dedc347\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/casbay.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wordpress11.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95e0f33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95e0f33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mkb-anchor mkb-clearfix mkb-back-to-top-inline\">Change WordPress search URL slug<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a8a62f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a8a62f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure id=\"attachment_6095\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6095\"><\/figure><p>Save the file (and upload to the server, if required), then head to your site\u2019s front-end and use your search feature. 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