How to make the search page result URL short and simple?

Hi,

You have two options here:

• Disable the override feature
• ..or change the method to POST, that will hide them
• ..or disable the override & make a .htaccess rule to include at least the &asl_active=1 argument when making a query to the results page to re-enable the override under the hood. (this is not very easy)

I suggest probably trying the second option, that is the easiest way to get around it. GET method is better as it sends the arguments directly, so paginations like that more, with POST cookies need to be used.

All the best,
Ernest

Ok thanks. I’ve tried a few of those override vs. get/post scenarios. Here’s what happened…what we are looking for is a short simple url and also posts shown on the search results page after we hit enter key or click mag icon.

Override=off, method=get > the url on search results page is https://(domain.com)/?s=keyword > but there are no search results/posts showing on the search results page

Override=on, method=post > the url on search results page is short like https://(domain.com)/?s=keyword > and it shows the posts/titles on the search results page > success!

So now we can share the search results page URL which is nice and short.

https://(domain.com)/?s=keyword

Check it out. Thanks!

• This reply was modified 1 year ago by wordmax.
• This reply was modified 1 year ago by wordmax.

All right – so this is resolved then via using the override+POST method right?

All the best,
Ernest

Yes, good to go. Resolved. Thanks for your help ??.

Great ??

I will mark this topic as resolved then.

Feel free to rate the plugin if you like it, it helps us greatly.

All the best,
Ernest