Hi there

Did you try options I suggested?

1) If your template is checking for the is_search variable, to make this change, then in S&F you could try heading the “advanced” tab and tick the option “force is_search to be true”

I made a mistake before, S&F only uses _sf_s now as the variable to avoid conflicts with other plugins.

RE the friendly URL – as you’ll see from the demos – pro doesn’t work this way:

http://demo.designsandcode.com/sfpro-movie-reviews/
http://demo.designsandcode.com/sfpro-woo-mystile/shop/

Please see my explanation of why we had to change this:
https://support.searchandfilter.com/forums/topic/free-version-working-better-than-pro/#post-22633

Thanks