Title: HTML5 Search for WordPress Author: Jean-Francois Arseneault Published: May 24, 2012 Last modified: January 16, 2016 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev =1053608) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev= 1053608) # HTML5 Search for WordPress By [Jean-Francois Arseneault](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jfarsen/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/html5-search-box-for-wordpress.zip) * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/#description) * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/#reviews) * [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/#installation) * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/) ## Description Replaces the built in WordPress search form with an HTML5 search form complete with auto lookup. This plugin is maintained by Christopher Ross, http://thisismyurl.com/ or you can find him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/thisismyurl/ ### Updates Updates to the plugin will be posted to http://thisismyurl.com/downloads/html5-search- for-wordpress/ ## Screenshots * [[ * Screenshot of search form ## Installation To install the plugin, please upload the folder to your plugins folder and active the plugin. The plugin has no settings. ## FAQ _How do I use this plugin?_ Once installed, the plugin with automatically replace your existing search form with the new HTML5 form. Be sure to call it from your template using the standard` get_search_form()` function. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/18e4acf5db2cc79bf8c8b2645591485aab4e6e32543597e106ff80bfc83ad160? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Poor than native WordPress or SearchFord – NO CONFIG](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/poor-than-native-wordpress-or-searchford-no-config/)󠁿 [samenezes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samenezes/) September 3, 2016 Version 15 of what? Poor than native Wordpress or SearchFord – HAS NO CONFIGURATION, NO SUPPORT FOR TRANSLATION. Removed! With 15 or 14 or 13… version, I expected much more. 🙁 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “HTML5 Search for WordPress” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Jean-Francois Arseneault ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jfarsen/) * [ This Is My URL ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thisismyurl/) * [ bandicootmarketing ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tinkerpriest/) [Translate “HTML5 Search for WordPress” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/html5-search-box-for-wordpress) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 15.01 * moved CSS to child directories * added information page for plugin * tested for WordPress 4.1 * removed icon file * Added OOP Class structure * Migrated common structure for plugins #### 1.0.0 * Plugin built from the fantastic code at http://bavotasan.com/tutorials/html5- search-form-in-wordpress/ ## Meta * Version **15.01** * Last updated **10 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 3.2.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.1.0** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/) * Tags * [HTML5](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/html5/)[search](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/) * [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/advanced/) ## Ratings 1 out of 5 stars. * [ 0 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Jean-Francois Arseneault ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jfarsen/) * [ This Is My URL ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thisismyurl/) * [ bandicootmarketing ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tinkerpriest/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/html5-search-box-for-wordpress/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://arseneault.ca/project/)