Title: Modify search widget Last modified: December 6, 2019 --- # Modify search widget * Resolved [P51Admin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/p51admin/) * (@p51admin) * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-search-widget-2/) * Hello There; * Thanks for your previous response. * I have progressed to the point where I am almost ready to move this site to production. * I have just two more concerns right now. * 1.- How would I get rid of the RSS links in the header and footer? * 2.- How would I change the appearance of the search widget in the footer to NOT display “Search …” over the entry field or change the text on the search button? * thanks again … * P51 Admin Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Theme Author [htmlpie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/htmlpie/) * (@htmlpie) * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-search-widget-2/#post-12211384) * Hi there, * You’re welcome. * That’s awesome! * 1. Appearance -> Customize -> Contact Information -> Feed. * 2. If you are using a Child theme, add this to the functions.php of that, otherwise use a plugin (such as Code Snippets) to add it to your site. * ``` if ( ! function_exists( 'CHILD_THEME_NAME_search_form' ) ) { function CHILD_THEME_NAME_search_form( $form ) { if ( $form ) { $form = preg_replace( '/(<[^>]+) placeholder=".*?"/i', '$1', $form ); $form = preg_replace( "/(?<=value=(\"|'))[^\"']+(?=(\"|'))/", esc_html__( 'Go', 'CHILD-THEME' ), $form ); return $form; } } } ``` * Then add this either to the footer.php of the Child theme, or through a plugin to the footer. * ``` if ( function_exists( 'CHILD_THEME_NAME_search_form' ) ) { add_filter( 'get_search_form', 'CHILD_THEME_NAME_search_form', 100 ); } ``` * Hope it helps! - This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by [htmlpie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/htmlpie/). - This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by [htmlpie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/htmlpie/). - This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by [htmlpie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/htmlpie/). * Thread Starter [P51Admin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/p51admin/) * (@p51admin) * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-search-widget-2/#post-12215529) * Thank you very much for your very quick response! * I found the RSS feed setting and will certainly use that … thanks * I have to admit to you that I although I am an individual with 30+ years technical experience I am NOT a developer (coder). * Please dumb down your search button solution for me … * I am not using a child theme (yours is the only theme on the system) * Where do I find the files that you are referring to and where in the file should I insert the code? * I do have the site running on a VM in my offices, and uploaded to the “staging” area on my ISP. So depending on where the file resides I may or maynot have write access to the file. (I only have write access to the wp-content structure) * thanks again for all your time and assistance in the this matter. * P51 Admin * Theme Author [htmlpie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/htmlpie/) * (@htmlpie) * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-search-widget-2/#post-12217182) * That’s alright, please follow these steps: * 1. You just need a plugin to add the code to your site. Go to the plugins directory( or Plugins -> Add New, if it’s online right now) and search for “insert code”, you can find so many plugins there, I’ll pick this one because it’s popular: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-php-code-snippet/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-php-code-snippet/) * 2. Install and activate the plugin and go to “XYZ PHP Code” (in the left sidebar) and click the “Add New PHP Code Snippet” button. * 3. Put the code there: (you should replace SITE_NAME in the code with anything that makes the function name unique like your site or domain name, or maybe ‘ my_custom_function_for’ or something like that) * ``` ]+) placeholder=".*?"/i', '$1', $form ); $form = preg_replace( "/(?<=value=(\"|'))[^\"']+(?=(\"|'))/", esc_attr__( 'Go', 'pen' ), $form ); return $form; } } add_filter( 'get_search_form', 'SITE_NAME_search_form', 100 ); } ?> ``` * The Name can be “Search Widget Tweaks” or something like that. * 4. Click the “Create” button, you’ll be brought back to the previous page, now there is a “Shortcode” for that snippet. Copy that Shortcode and go to “Appearance”- > Widgets, find a “Text” widget and add one to same Widget Area as your Search widget. Make sure the Text widget is placed before or at the top of the Search widget. * 5. Click the “Text” tab of the editor in that Text widget and paste that Shortcode there. Now click the Save button and you are done. 🙂 * Caution: Use such plugins very carefully, putting bad code or anything that is not thoroughly tested may lead to an absolute mess, just saying. * Hope it helps! * Thread Starter [P51Admin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/p51admin/) * (@p51admin) * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-search-widget-2/#post-12217821) * Thanks again for your quick responses … * I will mark this as resolved, but it will be a couple of days before I can give this information a try. * I am sure thanks to your expertise I will get this done. * P51 Admin Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘Modify search widget’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://i0.wp.com/themes.svn.wordpress.org/pen/1.4.8/screenshot.png) * Pen * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/pen/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/pen/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/pen/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/pen/reviews/) * 4 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [P51Admin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/p51admin/) * Last activity: [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-search-widget-2/#post-12217821) * Status: resolved