{"id":703,"date":"2025-03-24T14:27:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/settings-overview-for-general-search\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:23:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:23:47","slug":"settings-overview-for-general-search","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/explore-settings\/settings-overview-for-general-search\/","title":{"rendered":"Settings Overview for General > Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t This is a settings overview for the <strong>General &gt; Search<\/strong> page.<\/p>\n<section class=\"video widescreen\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LvCbXuKJOig\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/section>\n<h2>Search Bar Settings<strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Search Field Placeholder Text &#8211; <\/strong>Edit the placeholder text for the search text box. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Near Field Placeholder Text &#8211; <\/strong>Edit the placeholder text for the near text box. <strong><br \/>\n\t <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Search Button Label (<a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/core-features\/hidden-advanced-settings\/\">A<\/a>) &#8211; <\/strong>Edit the label text for the search button. A font awesome icon class can be used here.<br \/> <strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Search Results Settings&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Search Near Radius &#8211; <\/strong>Limits the search radius to the specified number of miles or kilometers. Accepts an integer value, 1-99.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Search Distances &#8211; <\/strong>Specifies whether to show the distance in miles or kms. <strong><br \/>\n\t <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Search Distances Short &#8211; <\/strong>For shorter distances (less than 0.01), specifies whether to show it in meters or feet. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Search Near Additional (<a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/core-features\/hidden-advanced-settings\/\">A<\/a>) &#8211; <\/strong>Used to specify an additional place value, if the directory is restricted to one particular region or city only. <strong><br \/>\n\t <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Individual Word Search Limit (<a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/core-features\/hidden-advanced-settings\/\">A<\/a>) &#8211; <\/strong>Specifies whether to include or exclude smaller characters in search (for example, searching for &#8220;John Brown&#8221; might return &#8220;Jo Brown&#8221; as well, if disabled). <br \/> <strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a settings overview for the General &gt; Search page. Search Bar Settings Search Field Placeholder Text &#8211; Edit the placeholder text for the search text box. Near Field Placeholder Text &#8211; Edit the placeholder text for the near text box. Search Button Label (A) &#8211; Edit the label text for the search button. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[501,502,503],"article\/categories":[208,396],"class_list":["post-703","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_place_tags-search-listings","gd_place_tags-search-directory","gd_place_tags-specify-search-options","gd_placecategory-getting-started","gd_placecategory-explore-settings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/703\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=703"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}