# Add forum search results to WordPress search

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-forum-search-results-to-wordpress-search/68782>\
**Category:** Administrators\
**Tags:** how-to\
**Created:** [25.Август.2017 14:15:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-forum-search-results-to-wordpress-search/68782 "2017-08-25T14:15:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Genyus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/genyus/32/119655_2.png) [@Genyus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Genyus)\
**Post date:** [03.Август.2018 12:22:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-forum-search-results-to-wordpress-search/68782/21 "2018-08-03T12:22:11Z")

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This has to be placed into your search.php file. `<?php echo urlencode(get_search_query());?>` is PHP code and you can’t execute that from inside your page builder — you’ll need to write a shortcode to access that value that if you want to integrate it in your theme like this.

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