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Hi,
is it possible to add a custom search form with a shortcode? It should search just one category.
Regards
Hi,
You can use the below HTML snippet within your page(s) etc to show a form that only searches a specific category
COPY CODE<div id="search-5" class="widget widget_search"><form role="search" method="get" id="searchform" action="http://localhost/kleo/"> <div class="input-group"> <input name="s" id="s" autocomplete="off" type="text" class="ajax_s form-control input-sm" value="" placeholder="Search this category only" style="opacity: 1;"> <input type="hidden" value="32" name="cat" id="specificcat" /> <span class="input-group-btn"> <input type="submit" value="Search" id="searchsubmit" class="button"> </span> </div> </form></div>Change the value=”32″ in the above example to be the ID of your category and change placeholder=”Search this category only” to your desired term, if any. Make sure to update the action=”” URL to match your own domain.
If you would like to turn this into a shortcode as you describe above please use this PHP snippet instead in your KLEO Child theme’s functions.php file
COPY CODE// Custom Shortcode for specific search // Add Shortcode function custom_shortcode_sq_cat_search() { echo ('<div id="search-5" class="widget widget_search"><form role="search" method="get" id="searchform" action="http://localhost/kleo/"> <div class="input-group"> <input name="s" id="s" autocomplete="off" type="text" class="ajax_s form-control input-sm" value="" placeholder="Search this category only" style="opacity: 1;"> <input type="hidden" value="32" name="cat" id="specificcat" /> <span class="input-group-btn"> <input type="submit" value="Search" id="searchsubmit" class="button"> </span> </div> </form></div>'); } add_shortcode( 'sq-cat-search', 'custom_shortcode_sq_cat_search' );You will again need to edit the category ID and placeholder text. To use this you will need to enter the below shortcode in your desired location
[sq-cat-search]If you need to change the shortcode name please do so on the last line of the example where you see ‘sq-cat-search’
Thanks,
Kieran
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