Search results example – The search.php

Create a file named search.php. Insert the following code and upload it to the current template directory.

For the live demo, search for a word in the sidebar.

/// search.php
  <?php get_header(); ?>
  <?php $s=get_search_query();$args = array('s' =>$s);$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
  if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) { _e("<h2 class='searchresults'>Search results for ".get_query_var('s')." word</h2>");?>
  <?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {$the_query->the_post();?>
<?php }}else{?>
  <h2>No results</h2>
  <?php } ?>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<h1><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title();?>"><?php the_title();?></a></h1>

<?php endwhile;endif; ?>
  <?php 
  the_posts_pagination( array(
  'prev_text' => __( '<i class="fa fa-arrow-left"></i>', 'textdomain' ),
  'next_text' => __( '<i class="fa fa-arrow-right"></i>', 'textdomain' ),
  ) );
  ?>
  <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>