WordPress Search Form Issue | Misleading search URL. | Pointing to wrong URL

Question

Below you can find a template for displaying Search Results pages. Add the code to your search.php file. If you have installed the WP-PageNavi plugin then you’ll see the pagination if the search result has more than 10 items.

<?php
/**
 * The template for displaying Search Results pages.
*/
get_header();
?>

<h2><?php printf( __( 'Search Results for: %s', 'themedomain' ), '<strong>"' . get_search_query() . '"</strong>' ); ?></h2>

<div class="posts">
    <?php
        global $paged;
        $s = $_GET['s'];
        $post_types = array('post', 'page');
        $args=array(
            'post_type' => $post_types,
            'post_status' => 'publish',
            's' => $s,
            'orderby' => 'date',
            'order' => 'desc',
            'posts_per_page' => 10,
            'paged' => $paged
        );

        $wp_query = new WP_Query($args);
        if ($wp_query->have_posts()) : while($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post();
    ?>
    <!-- post-box -->
    <article class="post-box">
        <div class="meta">
            <h3><a href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/264107/<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
            <p><?php _e('Posted by','themedomain');?> <?php if (!get_the_author_meta('first_name') && !get_the_author_meta('last_name')) { the_author_posts_link(); } else { echo '<a href="'.get_author_posts_url(get_the_author_meta('ID')).'">'.get_the_author_meta('first_name').' '.get_the_author_meta('last_name').'</a>'; } ?> <?php _e('&middot; on','themedomain');?> <?php echo get_the_time('F d, Y'); ?> <?php _e('&middot; in','themedomain');?> <?php the_category(', ') ?> <?php _e('&middot; with','themedomain');?> <?php comments_popup_link(__('0 Comments', 'themedomain'),__('1 Comment', 'themedomain'), __('% Comments', 'themedomain')); ?></p>
        </div>
        <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
        <p><a href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/264107/<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php _e('Continue Reading &rarr;','themedomain'); ?></a></p>
    </article>
    <?php 
        endwhile;
        endif;
    ?>
</div>
<!-- paging -->
<div class="paging">
    <ul>
        <?php
            if(function_exists('wp_pagenavi')) { wp_pagenavi(); }                               
        ?>
    </ul>
</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

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