[Resolved] how to fix empty or blank searches from displaying all posts

[anand]

any workaround for this

[Leo]

Hi there,

Not quite sure if I understand.

Can you explain a bit more?

I’m not seeing a search in the page you’ve linked.

Let me know 🙂

[Jeremy]

Hi Anand and Leo,

I’ve noticed this in the past as well. This isn’t really a theme issue, but is the default behavior of WordPress. I’m not sure if it’s bug or a feature. 😉

I’ve been using the code below in my functions.php file to halt the query if it is blank.

/**
 * Halt the main query in the case of an empty search 
 */
add_filter( 'posts_search', function( $search, \WP_Query $q )
{
    if( empty( get_search_query() ) && $q->is_search() && $q->is_main_query() )
        $search .=" AND 0=1 ";

    return $search;
}, 10, 2 );

With the default GeneratePress theme, it should return the standard no-results page.

Hope this helps!

[Leo]

Thank you for this!!

[anand]

THANKS

works wonderful

returns
Nothing Found
Sorry, but nothing matched your search terms. Please try again with some different keywords.

[byo]

hi,
This code return empty posts and pages if we try to filter posts in admin dashboard either we filter per category or per date,
I’ve add this !is_admin() so the code does not mess with the dashboard.
If someone have a better code or better approach to how wordpress handle empty search please share.

/**
 * Halt the main query in the case of an empty search 
 */
add_filter( 'posts_search', function( $search, \WP_Query $q )
{
    if( empty( get_search_query() ) && !is_admin() && $q->is_search() && $q->is_main_query() )
        $search .=" AND 0=1 ";

    return $search;
}, 10, 2 );

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