Hijacked WPGD Search

Hey,

I’m certain my theme is likely hijacking the GD search results. When I search (using Advanced Search addon) the resulting page returns all posts and pages. I’m not sure how to resolve.

I also use a plugin called Plugin Organizer, which allows me to ‘turn off’ plugins Globally, and turn them on selectively. I have WPGD turned OFF globally (saving resources), but have it Active on all pages and permalinks that need it. Everything works fine except search.

I looked through the forum, as I thought I had seen something on this previously but was not able to find anything that provided a solution. I had read this: https://wpgeodirectory.com/support/topic/search-return-always-all-posts/
which I thought might resolve, but still broken.

Could you offer some guidance on how to resolve?

Thanks.

wp GeoDir 1.6.18
Advanced search 1.4.8
Kleo 4.2.3
WP 4.7.3