Search field
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Dear all,
I am wondering why the search field on my wordpress page works when I am logged in as admin but not for visitors of the page. Does anyone have an idea why this is the case?
The pages are password protected – might this be the reason. However, even if I remove the password from some of the posts, visitors can´t find the content.
Thanks in advance
Karin -
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Hi again, just in case this information helps – As a visitor the side always returns “Nothing found”.
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Hello again, thanks for providing a link.
You mentioned :
why the search field on my wordpress page
but I cannot seem to locate any search utility on your site. Can you provide a direct link to where you see the search box on the public facing side of your site?
As the site admin you will see all pages and posts regardless of whether their Visibility is set to Private or Public or as Password protected pages and posts.
I do see a place to enter a password on each and every page and post on your site. If all your site’s pages and posts are password-protected, there wouldn’t be any search results to display to the public facing side of your site.
Are you interested in having only registered or invited users see the content of your website? If so, you might consider changing your entire site Visibility to Private rather than public. Keep in mind that passwords are only as secure as the people who use them and can be shared.
These support guides may also assist:
https://wordpress.com/support/post-vs-page/
https://wordpress.com/support/post-and-page-visibility/
https://wordpress.com/support/settings/privacy-settings/Post back here if you have any questions about the above.
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