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SearchWP Modal Search Form

Quickly and easily insert modal search forms into Menus, as a Block, or directly within theme templates.

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Tested up to WordPress 6.9
Current version0.5.7
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 6.9
Minimum stackWP 5.0 · PHP 7.0
Directory statusactive
Last directory update15 Dec 202510mo ago
Active installations5K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 6 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records SearchWP Modal Search Form version 0.5.7 as active, updated 10mo ago and tested up to WordPress 6.9.

Overview

About this plugin

Use SearchWP Modal Search Form to easily integrate an accessible, lightweight modal search form into your WordPress website! SearchWP Modal Search Form does not require SearchWP but it will utilize SearchWP if it’s installed and activated! 👍

Beyond the information made available in this README there is full documentation available as well.

What makes it different from other modals?

The philosophy behind SearchWP Modal Search Form is to make it easy to implement accessible and lightweight modal search forms but perhaps even more important make it a great developer (and user) experience.

SearchWP Modal Search Form directly integrates with WordPress in the way you use it, and the default modal form theme builds upon the styles put in place by your active theme, making the overhead as small as possible. There’s a full template loader built in as well, allowing you to fully customize your SearchWP Modal Search Form with minimal hassle.

Check out the default template for an example of how easy it is to customize 🤓

Adding modal forms to your site

SearchWP Modal Search Form makes it easy to implement modal search forms anywhere in your WordPress website. The following methods are built in and available to you:

  • As a Menu Item
  • Using a Shortcode
  • As a Gutenberg Block
  • Within your template(s) programmatically

Template Customization

SearchWP Modal Search Form integrates a proper template loader for displaying search forms in any number of templates, allowing you to fully customize what the modal looks like per template.

The most straightforward way to create a custom template is as follows:

  • Create a folder named searchwp-modal-form within your theme
  • Create a file within that folder named template.php (or any name ending in.php )
  • Copy the contents of the default template into that file
  • Customize the SearchWP Modal Form Name value in the header comment block
  • Make any other customizations you\’d like to the markup/style, paying attention to the documentation

There are (jQuery) events that fire when modals are opened and closed. jQuery is not a dependency, but if jQuery is loaded the events will fire.

on('searchwpModalOnShow', function(e) { // Focus an input in the template. focus(); });

'); });

Please review the full template documentation for more detailed information.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • form
  • modal
  • search
  • searchform
  • searchwp
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 6.9

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 6.9.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to6.9
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.0 · PHP 7.0
Update activity15 Dec 202510mo ago

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