Simple Search Plugin Does Not Perform Search

Question

Created a very simple plugin to display a custom search form. No errors, but not performing search. I may be over my head and leaving out one or many requirements.

My plugin code:

/**
 * Begin Shortcode.
 */
function divilicious_micro_search($atts, $content = null) {
   extract(shortcode_atts(array('color' => 'teal'), $atts));

   return '<div id="dlms">
            <form role="search" method="get" action="' . home_url( '/' ) . '"  class="dlms">
              <input type="search" class="dlms-search-input" placeholder="'.esc_attr__('Search...','dlms').'" value="'.get_search_query().'" name="s" title="Search for:" >
              '.get_search_query().'
              <button style="background:'.$color.'" type="submit">
                <span class="fontawesome-search"></span>
              </button>
            </form>
        </div>';
}

add_shortcode('dl-micro-search', 'divilicious_micro_search');

Am I missing something that will give me a fighting chance or shall I give up?

Answer 1

You aren't executing the shortcode. The raw text is simply being echoed to the page. I don't know why, but I assume you've just written something like [ dl-micro-search color="hex or named color" ] into the source when you should have echo do_shortcode('[ dl-micro-search color="hex or named color" ]'); instead.