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Hi jornesc,

there is an old search plugin called Instant Search Suggest (not been updated since two years), which might solve your problem as it allows you to choose what should be queried and suggested (e.g. posts, pages, etc…).

Not sure if it works with the latest version of WP, but might be worth a try.
Here’s the link to the download page on the WordPress repository:
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/instant-search-suggest/

Hi yurenlimbu,

If it’s working fine on localhost but not on your live site, it may be related to your host.

Hi yurenlimbu,

Have you tried image optimization plugins such as WP Smush or EWWW Image optimizer?
I found a recent review article, which might help you pick the one you like best on this post:
10 Best Image Optimization Plugins

Hope, this helps.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by wpercom. Reason: link was broken

Hi Ahmed – looks like you fixed your problem.
I was able to access your site and also the login screen.

Hi sincerelyselfish,

You have two sources that will help you:

• Official WordPress Installation Guide
• Bluehost WordPress Installation Guide

Hope, this will help you get started.

Hi andy3000,

were you able to resolve your issue?
If you want to have a custom menu area for your footer, you need to define and call the new menu location in the functions.php file (pay attention to create a child-theme and not change the original functions.php, as it will get overwritten with a future update).
This link can help you:
WordPress Codex – Navigation Menus
If the information in the link isn’t something you’re comfortable with, you can either post a job via WordPress Jobs.

Hope, this helps you.

Cheers,
wpercom

• This reply was modified 7 years, 9 months ago by bcworkz.

I’m happy to hear that, Dorothy! ??

Cheers,
wpercom

Hi Dorothy,

the right place to look at would be the search.php file in your theme folder.
That file determines, how the searches are displayed – and also what is displayed.

This is how the 2017 Theme search.php file looks like:

<?php
/**
 * The template for displaying search results pages
 *
 * @link https://developer.www.ads-software.com/themes/basics/template-hierarchy/#search-result
 *
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Twenty_Seventeen
 * @since 1.0
 * @version 1.0
 */

get_header(); ?>

<div class="wrap">

	<header class="page-header">
		<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
			<h1 class="page-title"><?php printf( __( 'Search Results for: %s', 'twentyseventeen' ), '<span>' . get_search_query() . '</span>' ); ?></h1>
		<?php else : ?>
			<h1 class="page-title"><?php _e( 'Nothing Found', 'twentyseventeen' ); ?></h1>
		<?php endif; ?>
	</header><!-- .page-header -->

	<div id="primary" class="content-area">
		<main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">

		<?php
		if ( have_posts() ) :
			/* Start the Loop */
			while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();

				/**
				 * Run the loop for the search to output the results.
				 * If you want to overload this in a child theme then include a file
				 * called content-search.php and that will be used instead.
				 */
				get_template_part( 'template-parts/post/content', 'excerpt' );

			endwhile; // End of the loop.

			the_posts_pagination( array(
				'prev_text' => twentyseventeen_get_svg( array( 'icon' => 'arrow-left' ) ) . '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Previous page', 'twentyseventeen' ) . '</span>',
				'next_text' => '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Next page', 'twentyseventeen' ) . '</span>' . twentyseventeen_get_svg( array( 'icon' => 'arrow-right' ) ),
				'before_page_number' => '<span class="meta-nav screen-reader-text">' . __( 'Page', 'twentyseventeen' ) . ' </span>',
			) );

		else : ?>

			<p><?php _e( 'Sorry, but nothing matched your search terms. Please try again with some different keywords.', 'twentyseventeen' ); ?></p>
			<?php
				get_search_form();

		endif;
		?>

		</main><!-- #main -->
	</div><!-- #primary -->
	<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div><!-- .wrap -->

<?php get_footer();

Hope this helps – if you need further assistance don’t hesitate to contact me.

Hi andy3000,

have you assigned the correct menu, which you created in Dashboard -> Appearance -> Menus to the “bottom” menu location via the “Manage Locations” tab?

Best,
wpercom

Have you checked with your hosting provider?
Do they have any restrictions?

Hi bodzio49,

this may sound obvious – and I’m sorry if you’ve already done it – but have you tried re-installing wordpress from scratch?

Best,
wpercom

Hi Dorothy,

I’m not sure to which extent this will help you, but when I inspect your page’s html and resources, I found the following errors – seems like you’ve either changed the location/name of the below mentioned files or they were deleted (they should be in the themes folder under the “genericons” and “js” folders, respectively):

[Error] Failed to load resource: genericons.css
[Error] Failed to load resource: skip-link-focus-fix.js
[Error] Failed to load resource: functions.js

Again, this may be completely unrelated to your issue, but you may want to have a look at it anyway.

Otherwise, you may want to check if you have recently installed plugins that may interfere with your search activity. Also, the theme author would be a good person to contact.

Hope, this helps.

Best,
wpercom

Hi rodoyo,

Have you checked in the Dashboard -> Appearance -> Widgets if your respective widget is assigned to the correct widget area?
I can’t imagine how, but maybe it got removed during the update.

Hope, this helps.

Best,
wpercom

Hi Erin,

It depends on how the footer items were placed there in the first place.
Your first options should be to check for widgets that may be placed in the footer area – to do that go to the Dashboard -> Appearance -> Widgets and look for the footer area widget on the right hand side. If you expand the widget, you’ll be able to see the details of what’s included and depending on the setup you may be able to change the links right there.

On the other hand, if the footer area is populated using a plugin, you may want to check the settings of the respective plugin (hard to guide you further without knowing which plugin might have been used).

Hope, this helps.

Best,
wpercom

Hi joerigosens,

There are a few reasons for that:

• Plugin settings – check all the settings of the plugin you use to showcase your images
• Theme settings – similarly, check all your theme settings, if the gallery is part of your theme
• Have you checked your Permalinks setting? Go to Dashboard -> Settings -> Permalinks and then scroll down all the way to check if a Category Base is populated.

This should get you started – without knowing your setup (Theme, Plugins, etc) it’s hard to provide better insights, I’m afraid.

Best,
wpercom