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I'm building my wordpress first website and I have a problem with the Search and Filter plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-filter/). Each time I click on the submit button it redirect to a page that doesn't exist in my site.

How can I display the results below the filters ?

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The plugin is possibly redirecting to a theme search results page that does not exist in your theme. Therefore the search results are not show.

For example in the Twenty Seventeen theme the files needed to display the search box and search results are search.php and searchform.php. Both files can be found here wp-content\themes\twentyseventeen.

I suggest you install the default Twenty Seventeen theme into your WordPress installation and then install and run the plugin. The plugin should then have both pages/files to display the search box and the search results, hopefully enhanced the way you want it to be.

If you cannot change your theme then go into your theme files, they are here wp-content\themes\NAME_OF_THE_THEME\ and look for PHP files that could have to do with displaying the search box and the search results. Looks for files that might have the word "search" in their filename. If such files do not exist you current theme might not support search functionality.

In that case please have a look at https://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Search_Page and learn what you need to build a search page for the website you are working on. Also have a look at this short tutorial on how to make a search form and how to control the relevant search results on your website.

If this does not help let's hear about it. If this answer helped you or solved the issue please mark it as accepted, thank you.

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  • I just cannot change my theme Commented Jun 21, 2017 at 14:19
  • See my edit. I think the theme does not support search functionality and you will have to code it yourself. Though that is great fun.Check the few info links I provided and get cracking.
    – lowtechsun
    Commented Jun 21, 2017 at 14:30

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