Title: Swapping search bars?
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Swapping search bars?

 *  [sam03801](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sam03801/)
 * (@sam03801)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/swapping-search-bars-1/)
 * So I have a theme I am modifying. It has a very nice search bar that I have got
   to work across 99% of platforms. However, this search bar only searches my site.
   I want to swap its ‘guts’ with my IDX Broker Omnibar so that I can turn my home
   page search bar into an MLS search.
 * I can get it part of the way there, but the search will lose functionality.
    
   The issue seems to be that the IDX Broker omnibar is a part of the plugin, while
   the existing search bar is part of the theme. I am 99% this is possible to do,
   just not sure of the exact method to make it work how I want. Part of the issue
   is that the folder for the omnibar in the plugin is devoid of any php file, otherwise
   I’d just try to swap in a different file path and touch up the css. I’m not sure
   how it get’s called in since the typical implementation of the omnibar is via
   shortcode or widget area.
 * Any help in getting this to function would be greatly appreciated.
 * This is the theme I am using :[http://www.templatemonster.com/demo/50761.html](http://www.templatemonster.com/demo/50761.html)
   
   and here is the IDX plugin: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/idx-broker-platinum/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/idx-broker-platinum/)
 * Here’s a link to some php files of the omnibar code, but these are not from the
   developer and I’m not sure how much they would help:
 * [https://github.com/idxbroker/wordpress-plugin/blob/master/idx/widgets/omnibar/create-omnibar.php](https://github.com/idxbroker/wordpress-plugin/blob/master/idx/widgets/omnibar/create-omnibar.php)
 * [https://github.com/antonioortegajr/idx-omnibar/blob/master/idx-omnibar.php](https://github.com/antonioortegajr/idx-omnibar/blob/master/idx-omnibar.php)

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/swapping-search-bars-1/)
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