How do I add a search bar to my site?

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  troubadorofverse · Member · Feb 3, 2022 at 9:49 pm

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  How to I add a search bar to my site?

  WP.com: Yes
  Correct account: Yes

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  kokkieh · Staff · Feb 4, 2022 at 8:13 am

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  Hi there,

  You can add the Search Block to the content of any post or page in the editor, or you can add it to your site’s footer under Appearance ->Customize ->Widgets:

  https://wordpress.com/en/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/search-block/

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  troubadorofverse · Member · Feb 4, 2022 at 10:51 am

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  It worked! Thank you so much for reaching back! 🤗

  I have one more question, if it’s not too much trouble… On my old site, the whole of each post was not included in the scroll down page from which posts are selected by readers ~ only the first few lines or blurb, so that the selections scrolled by quickly and conveniently. Is there a way to get the new site to display that way too?

  Thank you again, and please have a lovely day.

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  staff-mckluskey · Staff · Feb 4, 2022 at 2:07 pm

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  Your theme does not have an option to limit the posts to excerpts only, but there are two ways you can still have those on your homepage.

  1. You can manually add More Block to each post:

  https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/more-block/.

  This way, you control where exactly you would like the preview to end.

  2. You can create a custom blog page using Blog Posts Block and have even more control over what you display:

  https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/blog-posts-block/.

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  troubadorofverse · Member · Feb 4, 2022 at 3:45 pm

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  Thank you, so much. I hope you have a beautiful day! 🤗