Title: Activation after Installation
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Activation after Installation

 *  [xrfresearchinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xrfresearchinc/)
 * (@xrfresearchinc)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activation-after-installation/)
 * I’ve installed the Relevanssi plug in, activated it and built the index, saved,
   etc. But, it seems there is an additional step missing from the instructions.
   How do I get it to actually replace the default search tool? Everything looks
   the same whether or not the plug in is activated, leading me to believe the plugin
   is not actually engaged.
 * By the way, my motivation for installing Relevanssi is that the little magnifying
   glass in the default WP search tool did not work and I had to put in a sentence
   indicating that you have to hit return. (I am used to clicking the little magnifying
   glass when I search and assume others may be trying the same thing). It is not
   clear to me if the code for the box and magnifying glass icon is actually replaced
   by different code from the plugin, or if the plugin functionality is strictly
   on the back end.
    Thanks, Javier
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/relevanssi/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/relevanssi/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Mikko Saari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msaari/)
 * (@msaari)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activation-after-installation/#post-6883790)
 * It happens automatically. Relevanssi is strictly in the back end; the forms and
   the results template are the same, so if the form didn’t work the way you liked
   before, Relevanssi won’t fix that.
 * Make sure the magnifying glass icon is a submit button for the form.
 * If the results don’t change when you activate Relevanssi, it may be that Relevanssi
   is not able to take over the search. See this: [http://www.relevanssi.com/knowledge-base/query_posts/](http://www.relevanssi.com/knowledge-base/query_posts/)

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 * [installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation/)

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Mikko Saari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msaari/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/activation-after-installation/#post-6883790)
 * Status: not resolved