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1. 98503
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   What would be the best way to go about disabling search from the blog?

   It's not that I simply want to remove the search form and file, which I can do. Is there any database information specifically for search function (there used to be, I'm fairly sure, but it may not be the case any longer as I haven't seen any at a glance)? If so, how would the code be altered so that no information would be sent to/from the database regarding search function?

   Thank you.

2. Mark
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Create a pluging that empties the 's' variable for URLs and forms - 3 possible places. Something like this:
   

   <?php
   Plugin Name: Disable Search
   Plugin URI: http://wpsecurity.net
   Description: This disables the search feature of WordPress.
   Author: Mark
   Version: 1.0
   Author URI: http://wpsecurity.net
   */
   $_GET['s']='';
   $_POST['s']='';
   $_REQUEST['s']='';
   ?>

   Copy that to a file in your plugins dir (maybe a filename like disablesearch.php), activate the plugin, and then try to do a search manually for a word you know exists in your site, then see if the search returns nothing. Example search URL:

   http://somerealsitename.com/?s=test

3. Michael Clark
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You're missing the "start comment command" in front of the second line:
   

   /* Plugin Name: Disable Search

   Looking through my web logs I found several search engines using the WordPress search engine to search my site. I wonder if somewhere on the web is a link to my site with the search pre-defined.

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