Add results from cornerstone created content in search

[Byjuud]

Hi,

After making my website i added the search magnifying glass to the navbar. When i search it only shows results from the navbar not the content of the pages. I am certainly no search expert. How do i get better search results?
For example i am looking for the word onderwijs on my site and get no results. It is in at least one of my pages…
I am using x child theme on http://wp.edboon.net
In the forum i see mostly search topics in the context of layout…
So how do i get the content of pages in relevant search result?
Also, how can i get a summary at each search result?

Thanks.

[mldarshana]

Hi There,

Thanks for writing in! Can you try utilizing a 3rd party plugin like WP Extended Search (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-extended-search/) and see if you can improve your search results.

Hope that helps.

[Byjuud]

I have this plugin installed now. Same results i’m afraid…
You can try it if you want. Any other suggestions?

[Byjuud]

OK. So i have installed a different plugin called relevanssi. After creating an index it seems to address my question. This, for me, is a quick and dirty solution.

Is there an article that guides developers into building a decent search function on a x-theme site, addressing the indexing, query results and possibly even the layout, other than just switching on the “Activate search functionality”?

Thanks for the help.

[Alaa]

Hi Byjuud,

We use the default WordPress search functions in X theme, the WordPress search function is somehow limited, that’s why there are a bunch of plugins that enhance it, like the one you are using right now. I recommend checking this article to learn more about improving WordPress search function.

Thanks.

[Byjuud]

Well, thank you very much. That answer is informative and sufficient. Thanks for pointing me to that article. You can consider this topic closed.

[ruenel]

You’re welcome!
We’re glad we were able to help you out.