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Steps To Add Google Search Feature In Your WordPress Website

The default WordPress Search feature is not very pragmatic . It often fails to find the relevant results. This forces site owners to look for substitutes.

There are many search plugins for WordPress like Search WP, Swiftness, etc.

Best option is Google Search, you can use Google’s reliable and powerful search feature instead. It is free, allows you to limit the search to your sites only, and can be run from your own site.

Other advantages of using Google search are speed, users already trust Google brand, and you will not have to maintain or update it.

In this Articles will lucubrate you on how to add Google search with Plugin

 Adding Google Search in WordPress with Plugin

These Steps are easier and recommended for beginners. It allows you to add Google search to your WordPress site without modifying your theme files.

Step 1

First thing install and activate the WP Google Search plugin. For more details, check out How to install and activate WP Google search plugin.

Step 2

After activation, you need to visit Settings » WP Google Search to setup the plugin.

Step 3

The plugin will ask you to provide a Google Search Engine id. Here is how you will get a search engine ID.

Visit Google Custom Search website and click on New Search Engine link on the left.

Step 4

Provide your WordPress site’s URL in ‘Sites to Search’ field. Next, you need to choose the language of your website. Lastly, click on the create button to continue.

Google will now create your custom search engine and will show you a success message with links to further actions.

Step 5

Click on the control panel button to continue editing your search engine.

This will take you to the control panel for your custom search engine

Step 6

Click on the ‘Search engine ID’ button and copy your search engine ID.

Step 7

Click on the ‘Look and Feel’ section. Under the layout tab, select results only.

Step 8

Click on the save button at the bottom of the page to store your changes.

Step 9

Now on your WordPress site. Paste the search engine ID you copied earlier in the WP Google Search’s settings page and then click on the save changes button to store plugin settings.

Step 10

visit Appearance » Widgets page. There you will notice WP Google Search widget in the list of available widgets. Drag and drop the widget to a sidebar where you want to display the search form.

Step 11

Click on the save button to store your widget settings.

Step 12

Now visit your website to see the search form in action.

Congratulation you have successfully added Google search Plugin to your website. If you any kind queries you just need to call us at our toll free number, Our Microsoft certificated technicians are available 24/7. You can even go for live chat support for WordPress issue.

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