Search Tag

Overview

An overview on how to configure search, indexing, and the query form can be found in the Search Docs.

Example

On a search result page, you can loop through the results of the search like they were entries. You'll have access to all the data of all the content of your search results returned so you can format them any way you wish.

{{ search:results }}
 
  {{ if no_results }}
    <h2>No results.</h2>
  {{ else }}
 
    <a href="{{ url }}" class="result">
      <h2>{{ title }}</h2>
      <p>{{ content | truncate:240 }}</p>
    </a>
 
  {{ /if }}
 
{{ /search:results }}

Search Forms

The search form itself — that text box users type into, is a normal, every day HTML form with a search input that submits to a URL containing a search:results tag in the template. Nice and simple.

<form action="/search/results">
    <input type="search" name="q" placeholder="Search">
    <button type="submit">Make it so!</button>
</form>

Supplementing Data

By default, data will be supplemented. This means that while your search indexes can remain lean by only including the fields you actually
want to be searchable, the tag will convert your results into full objects (entries, terms, etc.) which allow you to use any of their fields.

There is an overhead associated with this though, so if all you need is to display values that are in the index, you may disable supplementing.

{{ search:results supplement_data="false" }}

This has a few caveats:

• Only fields that you've indexed will be available.
• The search tag will filter out any unpublished items by default. If you haven't indexed the status field, you will get no results. Either
  index the status field, or add status:is="" to your tag to prevent the filtering.
• When using multiple sites, the search tag will filter items for the current site. If you haven't indexed the site field, you will get no results. Either
  index the site field, or add site:is="" to your tag to prevent the filtering.

Parameters

Variables