[raoul_k@hotmail.co.uk]

I want to change my search results page after a customer searches for a product using the product search form. Currently when a customer searches for products using this form, e.g. the customer enters ‘apples’, they are taken to the search results page which shows all the products with ‘apples’ in the name, category or tag. e.g. ‘red apple’, ‘green apple’.

I want to change this page to return the list of products AND the primary category that product is in. E.g. if someone searches for ‘apples’, the search results page returns the primary category ‘fruit’ and then the products below ‘red apple’, ‘green apple’.

I can’t seem to find any way to change the search results page without needing to write php and modify my theme’s search.php file. Is there any other way to customise the search results page?

Thank you!

[raoul_k@hotmail.co.uk]

I may be able to resolve this with a custom search results template. Do you know how I can create one? Thanks again.

[Althemist]

Hello raoul_k@hotmail.co.uk,

I am afraid that would not be possible and it’s not theme related. It’s just how the WordPress and WooCommerce search work. It can’t be done with a change of the template. May be you should search for a plugin with such functionality, but to be completely honest, I don’t really think what you need can be done with WooCommerce.

[raoul_k@hotmail.co.uk]

Hi there,

I understand the search results page is driven by the archive-product.php file. If I was to create a new template, would I be able to show product search results on a custom page? This would make the search results page look much better and more consistent with the rest of the website.

Thanks!

[Althemist]

No, I am afraid that would not be possible. As I already explained, the only option would be a third-party search plugin, but I am not sure if it would work the way you want.

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