Display search results within the same page in wordpress

Can you explain how did you put the search form? Are you working in code or with any page builders? Assuming you are using code, best case is to use Javascript / Ajax to search in the same page. Other options include submitting the search form and reloading the page with data. You can add … Read more

Exclude multiple custom post types from search

This is because elseif doesn’t work the way you think it does. You’re trying to use it in a way that’s closer to a switch statement or multiple if statement` This: if (post_type_exists(‘videos’)) { // exclude from search results $wp_post_types[‘videos’]->exclude_from_search = true; } elseif (post_type_exists(‘coordinator’)) { // exclude from search results $wp_post_types[‘coordinator’]->exclude_from_search = true; } … Read more

Google indexing pages that are not used

You should enter the editor of your pages, and as you see for example here, on the right side settings you can control their “visibility”. Change that to “private”, and then Google won’t see them. Once Google will reindex your pages, these should disappear from its search results. And until then, visitors will see a … Read more

shortcode appears as text in the search result

There is a stray > at the end of our code above, make sure that is a ?> instead of > Try another shortcode, something simple to verify it is not shortcodes in general. Clear you caching, clear permalinks by going to the permalinks page and clicking update. Check if the search plugin has caching … Read more