# Insert search in custom header
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-search-in-custom-header/249375
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [December 19, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-search-in-custom-header/249375 "2022-12-19T15:09:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@misham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/misham)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-search-in-custom-header/249375/1 "2022-12-19T15:09:05Z")
Hi! I try to make custom header and want to insert my header after the main header like this [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://i.imgur.com/bjvcFcf.png). However I didn’t found how can I reuse the search from the default header, can it be pasted as widget and how to do this? Or this is impossible
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2022, 3:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-search-in-custom-header/249375/2 "2022-12-19T15:22:12Z")
Not quite sure what you are asking for, but in any case take a look at this?:
> [@Advanced Header Search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-search/194093):
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> discourse2Summary Advanced Header Search removes the search icon from the header menu and creates a search bar that is placed in the middle of the header area.eyeglassesPreview [Preview on Discourse Theme Creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/theme/Discourse/header-search)hammer_and_wrenchRepository Link [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-header-search](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-header-search)open_bookNew to Discourse Themes? [Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-using-discourse-themes/91966) Install this theme component :white\_exclamation\_mark:Note This theme component is onl…
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### Author:  [@misham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/misham)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-search-in-custom-header/249375/3 "2022-12-19T15:26:45Z")
I mean to paste this search [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](https://i.imgur.com/goMEnFy.png) in my custom header
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### Author:  [@isaac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/isaac)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-search-in-custom-header/249375/4 "2022-12-20T20:23:29Z")
Closing in favor of [Header search in custom header](https://meta.discourse.org/t/header-search-in-custom-header/249481)
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### Author:  [@isaac](https://meta.discourse.org/u/isaac)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-search-in-custom-header/249375/5 "2022-12-20T20:23:32Z")