WordPress has its own search function which comes in the form of WordPress Search Widget. But if you are not satisfied with the funtionality of WordPress’s local search function, then here’s an alternative solution. You can use the Custom Google Search in your WordPress-based websites provided by Google itself.
Creating a Custom Google Search Engine For Your WordPress
So lets start to create a custom google search engine.
Step 1-
Sign in to Custom Search Engine with your google account.
Step 2-
Enter your WordPress site URL in sites to search section. This will automatically used as your search engine’s name in your Custom Google Search Engine dashboard. Click on Create button to proceed to the next step.
Step 3-
On the next page, you will see a notification that you have successfully created your custom search engine. Here you will find 3 options for your custom google search engine first one is to GET THE CODE , second is PUBLIC URL and third is CONTROL PANEL.
Click on “Get Code” button and on the page you will find the code for your google custom search engine. Copy the code you will need it in the next step.
Step 4-
Go to Appearance » Editor in your WordPress admin area and open searchform.php file in the editor. Replace the existing serach form code with custom google search engine code that you copied in the last step. Don’t worry if you can’t find searchform.php file just create a new one using a text editor like Notepad and upload it to your theme directory using FTP client and paste that code in it.
Step 5-
Go to Appearance » Widgets to drag and drop the search widget into your sidebar.
That’s all. Now you can see your custom google search engine in your website.
