{"id":369330,"date":"2025-10-28T08:34:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T02:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/?post_type=docs&p=369330"},"modified":"2025-10-28T08:34:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T02:34:29","password":"","slug":"search-form","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/docs\/search-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Search Form"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Search Form<\/strong> tab lets you customize how users search and filter listings on your website. You can design both the Search Bar<\/strong> and Search Filter<\/strong> areas to match your directory type and user experience needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Path: WP Admin<\/strong>\u00a0\u2192\u00a0Directory Listings<\/strong>\u00a0\u2192\u00a0Directory Builder<\/strong>\u00a0\u2192\u00a0Select a Directory<\/em>\u00a0\u2192\u00a0Search Form<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note, We have written more detailed documentation about the Search Form in a separate section.
See full guide here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Overview<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • The\u00a0left panel<\/strong>\u00a0includes preset and other available fields (e.g., Email, Phone, Website, Date, Zip\/Post Code, etc.) that you can drag into your search layout.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The\u00a0right panel<\/strong>\u00a0shows two main sections:\n
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    • Search Bar<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The main input field users see at the top of search pages.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Search Filter<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Additional filters such as category, location, or custom fields to refine search results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      You can reorder, remove, or add new fields with drag-and-drop, similar to the Add Listing Form interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      The Search Form tab lets you customize how users search and filter listings on your website. You can design both the Search Bar and Search Filter areas to match your directory type and user experience needs. Path: WP Admin\u00a0\u2192\u00a0Directory Listings\u00a0\u2192\u00a0Directory Builder\u00a0\u2192\u00a0Select a Directory\u00a0\u2192\u00a0Search Form Please note, We have written more detailed documentation about the Search Form in a separate section.See full […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24585,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[708],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-369330","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-directory-builder"],"year_month":"2026-03","word_count":155,"total_views":"0","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"1"},"author_info":{"name":"yousuf.sovware","author_nicename":"yousuf-sovware","author_url":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/author\/yousuf-sovware\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Directory Builder","term_url":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/docs-category\/directory-builder\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/369330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24585"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/369330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=369330"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=369330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}