is_search() WP 1.5.0

Works when the search results page is displayed. Conditional tag.

No Hooks.

Return

true/false.

Usage

<?php
if( is_search() ){
	// ...
}
?>

Examples

#1 How to embed Google search into a search page

An example of how you can embed a Google search in a WordPress search results page

<?php
if ( is_search() ) {
	// here you can insert the search code from Google
}
?>

Code of is_search: wp-includes/query.php ^{VER 4.9.8}

<?php
function is_search() {
	global $wp_query;

	if ( ! isset( $wp_query ) ) {
		_doing_it_wrong( __FUNCTION__, __( 'Conditional query tags do not work before the query is run. Before then, they always return false.' ), '3.1.0' );
		return false;
	}

	return $wp_query->is_search();
}

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