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Search Bar Results not displaying correctly

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DebbieC

Participant

November 19, 2025 at 17:24

When using my search bar (at the top, the magnifying glass), the pagination isn’t working. Page one loads, but if you click on ‘2’ or any subsequent page they load like blog posts instead of category pages.

For instance, if you type ‘6 strap black suspender’ into the search box, there are 4 pages of results but pages 2,3 and 4 are displayed really large like blog posts.

Could you please check this and let me know what is causing this.

Thanks, Debbie

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Ayan Rahman

Support staff

November 19, 2025 at 20:55

Hello,

Thank you for reaching out to us.

We kindly requested that you enable the following option:
https://prnt.sc/QMhH4yAPoXJg (Theme Options → Speed Optimization → Disable pjax pagination)

Please activate this option (turn the switch green) and check the result afterward.

Warm Regards,
The 8Theme Team

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DebbieC

Participant

November 19, 2025 at 21:53

Hi, Yes that stops the ‘blog’ style layout thank you, but the results show 120 products whereas there should only be about 20.

The search picks up every word in the sentence typed – i.e. everything ‘black’ ect. So the results show stockings, gloves, anything that is black. Is there a way of making the search perform better?

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Samir Malik

Support staff

November 20, 2025 at 06:30

Hello @DebbieC,

Could you please try removing the Pages and Posts post types from the search results?

https://prnt.sc/RcT3gmYjPEJY

Please let us know the outcome.

Best regards,
The 8Theme Team

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DebbieC

Participant

November 20, 2025 at 12:40

Hi,

Yes I’ve tried that. That is actually worse, I tested it using ‘red suspender belts’ which displayed only 1 red one on the results page. There were a mixture of other colours plus stockings, knickers and bras mixed in with the results. It is also very slow to show results, lots of spinning circles.

Then i tested the search box on the blog posts which now brings up products instead of just posts. for now, i have had to enable ‘posts’ in the search again.

How can I make this search return more relevant results that customers are looking for?

Thanks, Debbie

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Samir Malik

Support staff

November 20, 2025 at 13:05

Dear @DebbieC,

Unfortunately, improving the search function would require extensive custom coding, which we are unable to provide at this time.

We kindly encourage you to share your suggestion on our Taskboard at https://www.8theme.com/taskboard/. If your idea receives sufficient support from other customers, our development team will carefully consider the possibility of including it in a future update.

Alternatively, you may try using one of the following third-party plugins to enhance the WooCommerce search functionality:

– https://wordpress.org/plugins/relevanssi/
– https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajax-search-for-woocommerce/ (Recommended)
– https://wordpress.org/plugins/searchwp-live-ajax-search/

We hope this information is helpful.

Best regards,
The 8Theme Team

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DebbieC

Participant

November 20, 2025 at 16:42

Thanks for the support! My topic “Search Bar Results not displaying correctly” has been successfully resolved.

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Tony Rodriguez

Support staff

November 20, 2025 at 16:42

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