Adding search widget to header | WordPress.org

Resolved zimaa1991
(@zimaa1991)

6 years, 5 months ago
Hello,
In twentynineteen, the widget area is in the footer. But I would like to add search widget in the header.
How can I do that?
Of course, a way is copy get_template_part( 'template-parts/footer/footer', 'widgets' ); from index.php and copy it to other area. But in this way, all other widgets copy too. Is there any other solution?
- This topic was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by zimaa1991.

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Jarret
(@jarretc)

6 years, 5 months ago

If you haven’t already, you’ll want to create a child theme

https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/

Once you have done that, you’ll need to setup a functions.php file in the child theme and register a new sidebar for the header area

https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/functionality/sidebars/#registering-a-sidebar

Once you have done that, you can then use the code from the footer-widgets.php file and modify it accordingly to match the values set in the functions.php file to get it working in the backend dashboard.

Otherwise, you could try the get_search_form() function

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_search_form/

Thread Starter zimaa1991
(@zimaa1991)

6 years, 5 months ago

Thank you so much for your complete information.

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