Title: Replacing search functionality
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Replacing search functionality

 *  [komodosp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/komodosp/)
 * (@komodosp)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-search-functionality/)
 * I’m trying to create a plugin to replace the default search functionality of 
   wordpress with my own. Is this possible?
 * I thought of just having my own plugin query_posts using my logic, and then include
   search.php and call it all from the template_redirect action. But AFAIK, the 
   original search functionality will still execute before mine, even if I do get
   the results I want. I don’t want that to happen.
 * If I change the search query from ?s=search+term to ?find=search+term and do 
   the same, it solves the above problem, but now, is_search() doesn’t return true,
   which causes major problems down the line.
    Also I have to change the search 
   form in my theme files (not the end of the world since I’m only developing the
   plugin for my own site)
 * Is there any way of using my search logic, but making word-press believe it’s
   executing a search? (So is_search() will be true, etc.)

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacing-search-functionality/)
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