Gergely Szerovay

<p>WP Static Search</p>
<p>This plugin adds a static search engine to your WordPress site. Static in this context means that it works in the browser without using of server-side queries, so it’s ideal for static <a href="https://github.com/gergelyszerovay/wp-static-proxy" rel="nofollow ugc">websites generated from a WordPress site</a>.</p>
<p>Since both the search and the indexing happens in the browser, this plugin is not a good fit for sites that contain hundreds of pages and posts.</p>
<h3>Getting Started</h3>
<p>After you are installed the plugin, choose the ”Static Search” option from the left sidebar of the WordPress admin interface. Press the ”Update Index” button and wait until the indexing is finished. Each time you change the content of the website, you should update the search index manually.</p>
<p>To insert the search box and the search results into the site, use the [static_search] shortcode. It’s a good practice to create a page called ”Search” with the slug ”/search/” and insert the [static_search] shortcode into this page. To redirect the search widgets to this page, append the following code to the bottom of your .htaccess file:</p>
<pre><code>RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} \\?s=([^&]+) [NC]

RewriteRule ^$ /search/?q=%1 [NC,R,END]
</code></pre>
<p>This code redirects the search queries to the /search/ page, then the [static_search] shortcode processes them and shows the search results.</p>
<h3>Built With</h3>
<p><a href="https://lunrjs.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">lunar.js</a> – Javascript search engine</p>
<h3>Versioning</h3>
<p>We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.</p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>This project is licensed under the Apache 2 and GPL2+ Licenses<br />
Acknowledgments</p>
<p>The frontend search code based on the <a href="https://www.mkdocs.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">MkDocs project’s</a> search plugin.</p>


WP Static Search

This plugin adds a static search engine to your Wordpress site. Static in this context means that it works in the browser without using of server-side …

Scott Reilly

<p>This plugin prevents WordPress from allowing and handling any search requests from the front-end of the site. Specifically, this plugin:</p>
<ul>
<li>Prevents the search form from appearing if the theme uses the standard <code>get_search_form()</code> function to display the search form.</li>
<li>Prevents the search form from appearing if the theme uses a <code>searchform.php</code> template</li>
<li>Prevents the search item from appearing in the admin tool bar when shown on the front-end.</li>
<li>Disables the search widget.
<ul>
<li>Removes the Search widget from the list of available widgets</li>
<li>Deactivates any search widgets currently in use in any sidebars (they are hidden, not deleted; they’ll reappear in their original locations if this plugin gets deactivated)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Disables the search block.
<ul>
<li>Removes the Search block from the list of available blocks</li>
<li>Deactivates any search blocks currently in use, such as in posts or as a widget (they are disabled, not deleted; they’ll reappear if this plugin gets deactivated and the associated placeholder block doesn’t get deleted)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>With or without a search form, the plugin prevents any direct or manual requests by visitors, via either GET or POST requests, from actually returning any search results.</li>
<li>Submitted attempts at a search will be given a 404 File Not Found response, rendered by your site’s 404.php template, if present.</li>
<li>Disables output of <code>SearchAction</code> in SEO schema by the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/" rel="ugc">Yoast SEO</a> plugin.</li>
</ul>
<p>The plugin only affects search on the front-end of the site. It does not disable searching in the admin section of the site.</p>
<p>Links: <a href="https://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/disable-search/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Homepage</a> | <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-search/" rel="ugc">Plugin Directory Page</a> | <a href="https://github.com/coffee2code/disable-search/" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a> | <a href="https://coffee2code.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Author Homepage</a></p>


Disable Search


In 2024, numerous bots are crawling sites, generating significant search spam. Generally, site search incurs high costs, primarily because we end up paying for CPU resources consumed by spam.



If site search is not crucial for your website, I recommend activating this plugin.



Thank you, Scott, for maintaining this simple yet effective plugin!


The most effective way to avoid search spam

Disable the built-in front-end search capabilities of WordPress.

WP Static Search vs Disable Search