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My search results page is showing full pages instead of just part of a page and I can't figure out how to change it. I feel like I changed it TO show the full page but I can't remember how I did that and now I want to change it back.

Here is my search.php code.

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id='container'>

    <?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

        <header class="page-header">
            <h1 class="page-title"><?php printf( smt_translate( 'searchresults' ), get_search_query() ); ?></h1>
        </header><!-- .page-header -->

        <?php
        // Start the loop.
        while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

            <?php
            /*
             * Run the loop for the search to output the results.
             * If you want to overload this in a child theme then include a file
             * called content-search.php and that will be used instead.
             */
            get_template_part( 'content', 'get_post_format()' ); 

        // End the loop.
        endwhile;

        // Previous/next page navigation.
        get_template_part('navigation');

    // If no content, include the "No posts found" template.
    else :
        get_template_part( 'content', 'none' );

    endif;
    ?>

    </div>

I'm using yoast seo and elementor plugins, so I don't know if that's affecting anything either. Any tips pointing me in the right direction would be great! Everything I've read online says to replace the_content with the_excerpt, but all I have are "content" and I tried replacing those but it either did nothing or search results came up blank.

Thanks!

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  • get_template_part( 'content', 'get_post_format()' ); is the line that's telling it to display the full contents. Instead of calling a template part, try replacing that full line with the_excerpt();.
    – WebElaine
    Aug 24, 2018 at 20:54
  • Doing that shows the excerpt...unfortunatlly that's all it shows. Nothing is clickable. no title, just the first part of the text. So...kinda half way there... lol
    – Tigerbite
    Aug 24, 2018 at 21:03
  • What theme are you using? Aug 24, 2018 at 21:04
  • smthemes.com/pokemon I compared the search.php to the original file with what I have now and it's identical. So I guess I changed something elsewhere. I'm so confused and I've been messing with it for 4 hours now
    – Tigerbite
    Aug 24, 2018 at 21:29
  • Ok, one option then would be to copy your content template part file into a new file (perhaps search-excerpt) and just change the call to the_content() there to the_excerpt. You can then call get_template_part('search-excerpt') in search.php.
    – WebElaine
    Aug 24, 2018 at 21:39

1 Answer 1

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Go to theme settings in dashboard (Pokemon -> Layout) and set option "Cut content on the Front/Category page" to ON.


Update #1

To change the way posts are displayed only on the search page, you can add || is_search() after smt_getOption( 'layout', 'cuttxton' )

if( smt_getOption( 'layout', 'cuttxton' ) || is_search() )

But it will be better to save the changed content.php file under a new name content_search.php:

    <?php if ( !is_single() ) : ?>

        <!-- ========== Post content in posts feed ========== -->
        <div class="entry-summary">
            <?php
                if ( ! post_password_required() ) { 
                    smt_excerpt( 'echo=1' );
                } else the_content( );
            ?>
            <a href='<?php the_permalink(); ?>' class='button'><?php echo smt_translate( 'readmore' ); ?></a>
            <span class='post-categories'><?php the_category(' '); ?></span> 
        </div><!-- .entry-summary -->

    <?php endif; ?> 

    <div class="clear"></div>
</article><!-- #post-## -->

and in search.php use the new template file:

// Start the loop.
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();

    get_template_part( 'content_search' ); 

// End the loop.
endwhile;

Excerpt lenght

The excerpt lenght can be changed with excerpt_length filter (doc). You can also change length of excerpt in your theme options ("Pokemon" -> "Layout" -> "The default excerpt length").

Code goes to functions.php:

function custom_excerpt_length( $length ) {
    return 20;  // number of words
}
add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'custom_excerpt_length', 999 );
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  • That setting is on. I'm on mobile atm and can't test your code but does that affect the search results page or the main pages?
    – Tigerbite
    Aug 24, 2018 at 23:19
  • Okay so that code work, but I'm just curious, does that change stuff anywhere else other than the search results? I don't want to run into something random that I'm not aware of. Thanks for the help!
    – Tigerbite
    Aug 25, 2018 at 2:22
  • Yes, this change affects also archive and front page (main page). Do you want show excerpt only on search and full content in other places (main page, archive page)? @Tigerbite
    – nmr
    Aug 25, 2018 at 5:26
  • This is okay unless it's simple to do the excerpt only on search. Also, where/how can I change how long the excerpt is? Thanks for the help!
    – Tigerbite
    Aug 25, 2018 at 12:24
  • I updated the answer. @Tigerbite
    – nmr
    Aug 25, 2018 at 12:34

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