Search bar stopped working on Twentyfourteen

Are you using any special plugin for custom search functionality?

If not, please see if the issue continues if you temporarily switch to the Twenty Fifteen theme.

Hi James, thanks, no I am not using any search plugins. I have been disabling other plugins as well but it seems that did not help. I will try the switch today to twenty fifteen as a test and report back. Thanks A

One more question, are you using child theme, or did you directly customize the Twenty Fourteen theme on your site?

Twenty Fourteen with a Plugin that customizes it and a CSS editing plugin. All seemed fine until the update happened. I’ll be back later today and will try the theme switch. Thanks James!

Excellent, also see if disabling the customizations to Twenty Fourteen makes any difference.

Hi James, well, Good news, today as I started turning off the plugins it was solved. It was something called Styles, a plugin that made adjustments to any theme color and fonts. It was extensive, I am sad to see it go. It must not play well with 4.2.3.

So, I did not have to even try twentyfifteen. Thanks!

They say the plugin is compatible up to WordPress 4.3 (still in beta), so I’d recommend reporting the issue over at https://www.ads-software.com/support/plugin/styles