Plugin not working

  • Resolved maderemark

    (@maderemark)


    9 years, 8 months ago

    Hi,

    This looks like a great plugin! I installed and activated the newest version but the search box still appears. (https://bestinoh.com/info/)

    Your FAQ says, “There is no way for this plugin to prevent this hardcoded form from being displayed.

    However, even if this is the case, the form won’t work (thanks to this plugin), but it will still be displayed.”

    I don’t know if the form is hardcoded and causing the issue or there is more to setting up the plugin than just activating it – however, I am still able to get search results when using the search box.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks,

    Mark

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/disable-search/

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  • Plugin Author Scott Reilly

    (@coffee2code)

    WordPress & Plugin Developer

    @maderemark : Assuming the linked site hasn’t been changed since you posted, it’s acting like the plugin isn’t activated. On a test site of mine running WP 4.1 (your site appears to be WP 4.0, which shouldn’t make a difference) with the Twenty Fourteen theme active (the theme you are using), the plugin properly disables searching in 3 visible ways for me:

    * The search icon, when clicked, reveals an empty green line across to the top of the site (because the plugin suppressed the display of the search template)
    * The sidebar search widget (which is how you have a search box on the left side of your site) is disabled (so it doesn’t appear) by the plugin
    * A search for a term known to have been used in posts (e.g. https://example.com?s=links) returns no results.

    Are you positive the plugin is activated? Is there anything special you can think of regarding how the site is configured? Other plugins that are also activated?

    The plugin hasn’t had any changes to its functionality in quite awhile, so I would expect more reports if it flat-out didn’t work. That said, there could be some sort of edge case or conflict going on here.

    Thread Starter maderemark

    (@maderemark)

    Because I did not get a response to my post about this issue, I deleted the WP installation and am starting over. I have not installed the plugin on the new install. You apparently visited my site after I did the above.

    Thanks

    Mark

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