Title: search widget
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# search widget

 *  [Jan Schmidt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tesha/)
 * (@tesha)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-widget-10/)
 * The search box autofills with the word “search” and the button uses the word 
   search – and really… that’s a bit too much..
 * any idea how to change or replace it?
 * [http://icmeriecounty.com/](http://icmeriecounty.com/)

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 *  [Jorge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jas956/)
 * (@jas956)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-widget-10/#post-2277634)
 * You can change it with CSS or hacking into the theme. Best course of action is
   to create a child theme (even if you don’t have that much invested into theme,
   it’s a good idea), you can edit the theme any way you like and not worry about
   losing any changes when you perform a theme upgrade.
 * With your own child theme, you can add your own searchform.php file to fix this
   issue.
 * I know, it’s not fun. It’s one of those times where redundancy is not cool.
 * Best Wishes
 *  Thread Starter [Jan Schmidt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tesha/)
 * (@tesha)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-widget-10/#post-2277650)
 * well, this theme has been hacked to death – so one more thing won’t make any 
   difference…
 * I guess I’ll have to break down and learn how to use the child theme – if its
   as simple as the codex says, I should be able to learn it in a couple of weeks
   8^)
 * thank you!
 *  [Jorge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jas956/)
 * (@jas956)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-widget-10/#post-2277682)
 * > so one more thing won’t make any difference…
 * Well then get ride of the input value, “Search…” in your theme’s searchform template
   or add a line of CSS `display:none` that prevents displaying the “Search” button.
 * > I’ll have to break down and learn how to use the child theme – if its as simple
   > as the codex says
 * It’s actually easier.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Jorge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jas956/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-widget-10/#post-2277682)
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