Change the search results header from plugin

Question

Hi I'm writing a plugin to include custom search results. I'm not really allowed to edit any theme pages, but the search results page in twentyfourteen's search.php seem hardcoded to me:

        <header class="page-header">
            <h1 class="page-title"><?php printf( __( 'Search Results for: %s', 'twentyfourteen' ), get_search_query() ); ?></h1>
            <?php if (function_exists("getGlossarySearchResults")) { echo getGlossarySearchResults(); }  ?>
        </header><!-- .page-header -->

I have to display the results before the normal search results. So is there any way modify the results output header from code?

Answer 1

No but I suggest you create a child theme, this will give you full control over the site without affecting the original theme... in there you can create a functions.php page and customize the search from there.

you can search for a child theme plugin that can create it for you, and some of them include editors...

Answer 2

Under the assumption that you just need your custom search results to show up on the search results page, you'll want write the function that will insert your customized results after an if is_search() statement like so:

if (is_search()){
    //code that retrieves or displays your custom search results
    }

The code that will retrieve or display the custom search results will vary depending on what these custom results are.