[Resolved] /?s= is returning a null set of results rather than all results

[Phil]

Hi!

How should I modify the default search.php to deliver all results when no search term is specified?

Thanks!

[Tom]

Hmm I wonder if there’s a way to tell WP to query all posts if the search is empty using a filter like: https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/pre_get_posts

It may be worth asking over on https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/.

Otherwise you would likely need to add the no-results.php file to your child theme, then write the query in there.

[Phil]

Thank you!

I noticed that on generatepress.com, a null string pulls in the latest blog posts:

https://generatepress.com/?s=

Is that what should be happening with the existing search.php template? My /?s= gets a “Nothing found”. If I can get it to pull in the latest posts instead, that would be perfect!

[Tom]

Ah strange – that should be the default then, as generatepress.com doesn’t do anything special in this area.

Perhaps you have a plugin conflicting with the query?

[Phil]

I agree with you! It looks like a problem other than something related to GeneratePress.

Thanks for looking into it!

[Tom]

No problem – you can try deactivating your plugins one by one until it starts working to find the issue 🙂

[Phil]

Thanks!

[Tom]

No problem!

[Phil]

Oh, btw, it was Relevanssi that was hanging things. I’m now working with them to figure out why. Appreciated it!

[Tom]

Thanks for letting me know! 🙂

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