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1. eleni2
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Hi,

   I actually have TWO questions.

   1. Is it possible to display the total number of search results? Is there a tag for this (or even a plugin)?

   2. I want my search results to show more than the number of my regular entries. For example, in my admin, I set my blog to show the latest 5 entries. However in the search results, I would like for it to display 10 per page. How can this be achieved?

   Thank you so much!

2. whooami
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   2. custom posts per page: http://rephrase.net/miscellany/05/perpage.phps

   1. yes, but I dont remem. how :P

3. Michael Bishop
   Forum Concierge
   Posted 5 years ago #

   http://mattread.com/projects/wp-plugins/custom-query-string-plugin/
   another option

4. eleni2
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Can someone still help me with #1? I used to have a solution called 'search results' plugin but it no longer works in WP 2.1. Thanks!

5. whooami
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   <?php
$mySearch =& new WP_Query("s=$s & showposts=-1");
$NumResults = $mySearch->post_count;
echo $NumResults;
?>

   doesnt that work?

6. eleni2
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   nope. it only shows the number of results on the current page. my search results are paginated.

7. tylerhauser
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   Still no solution on this???

8. whooami
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   tylerhauser,

   still no solution to what..? whats the problem that needs a solution?

9. whooami
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #

   the search results plugin was abandoned -- I fixed it to work with 2.2, and more than like 2.1 ...

   http://www.village-idiot.org/archives/2007/05/26/search-results-count-plugin/

10. tylerhauser
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    There's no solution to showing the total number of returned posts for a search that has paginated results.

11. vossavant
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    I know this topic got dropped a while ago, but I found an answer:

    To count the total number of search results for a search that has paginated results, simply add this above your loop:

    $hit_count = $wp_query->found_posts;

    For example, my search results page looks like this:

    <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
    
    <?php $hit_count = $wp_query->found_posts; // count # of search results ?>
    <p>Your search for <b>'<?php the_search_query(); ?>'</b> returned <?php echo $hit_count . ' results'; ?></p>

    .
    .
    .
    (while loop, etc.)

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