How to remove search bar from a wordpress theme? [closed]

Question

How to remove search bar from a wordpress theme?

Answer 1

If the search field is implemented as a widget, this can be done via the administration interface. Just navigate to Appearance > Widgets and drag the search widget from the widget area to the "Available Widgets" pane.

If the search field is hard-coded into the theme, it might be easier to edit the CSS rather than the HTML and PHP. Here's how:

• Use Firebug or a similar tool to locate the DIV element containing the search code.
• In the theme's CSS file (probably style.css), add display: none to that DIV. That's it!

This is a minimally invasive approach. If you ever want to re-enable the search bar, just remove the display: none statement from your CSS.

Answer 2

1. Try to locate the HTML representing the search bar.

2. Then find in which theme files it resides (it may be defined in multiple files - single.php, page.php,..)

3. Remove the markup including the php call from all the files.

Answer 3

You can find it at header.php and just delete it or use CSS attribute "display:none". get_search_form() method represents Search Bar.

<?php
// Has the text been hidden?
if ( 'blank' == get_header_textcolor() ) : ?>

    <div class="only-search<?php if ( $header_image ) : ?> with-image<?php endif; ?>">
    <?php get_search_form(); ?>
    </div>
    <?php
        else :
    ?>
    <?php get_search_form(); ?>
<?php endif; ?>