Search Function

[Michael Cloud]

Is it possible for search results to show the entire post in the search results?

Also is it possible to set theme so that search considers post tags?

[Bill Robbins]

Good questions. WordPress’ built in search is not too spectacular. You may find it helpful to augment it with a plugin like Search Everything (https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-everything/). It’s not a plugin I’ve used personally, but it does have a large installed base and good ratings so it may be a good starting point. I have used SearchWP (https://searchwp.com/) and it’s good though not free.

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You can switch to showing the full post content instead of the excerpt in your search results. Here’s how:

1. Go to the Appearance section in your WordPress dashboard and choose Edit.
2. From the list of files on your right, choose search.php
3. Find this line (line 15):

   
   <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
   

   and change it to this:

   
   <?php the_content(); ?>
   

4. Save your changes.

That should swap out the excerpt for the full content. This may make search results rather long so just be aware of that possibility.

Take care,
Bill

[Michael Cloud]

Awesome. Worked great!

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