How to Changes Search Results Page URL

Overview

With Advanced Woo Search you can display search results in two ways - inside live AJAX results and via the standard search results page.

For the search results page, the plugin doesn’t create its own template - it simply uses your existing WooCommerce product search page and inherits its results. This guarantees that all your page styles and layout remain the same and nothing breaks.

The same applies to the search page URL - it will also look the same.

Default WooCommerce search page URL:

www.mysite.com/?s={search_query}&post_type=product

But what if you want to make it more user-friendly? Something like:

www.mysite.com/search/{search_query}/?post_type=product

Below, we’ll cover how to achieve that.

Solution to change search page URL

The solution is very simple. Just add the following code snippets inside your child theme’s functions.php file or use any plugin for adding custom code snippets:

add_action('init', function() {
    add_rewrite_rule(
        '^search/([^/]*)/?(.*?$)',
        'index.php?s=$matches[1]&=$matches[2]',
        'top'
    );
});
add_action('template_redirect', function () {
    if ( isset ( $_GET['type_aws'] ) && isset( $_GET['s'] ) ) {

        $query_params = array();
        parse_str($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'], $query_params);
        unset($query_params['s']);

        $query_string = http_build_query($query_params);

        wp_redirect(home_url('/search/') . $_GET['s'] . '/?' . $query_string, 301);
        exit();
    }
});

FAQ

Will this change affect my current theme or product layout?

No, since the plugin inherits the existing WooCommerce search page, all your styles and layout will remain untouched.

Do I need to flush permalinks after adding this code?

Yes, after adding the rewrite rule, visit Settings → Permalinks and click Save Changes to flush the rewrite rules.

Can I customize the "/search/" part of the URL?

Yes, just replace the '^search/([^/]*)/?(.*?$)' part in the rewrite rule with your preferred URL structure.