How to create a message for a failed search

Anonymous

#3027

Hey Ross,

Is there a way we can create a custom message when a search does not produce a result (say if the user picks too many categories that don’t match a result)? Right now it just shows a blank page.

It would be great to have the site say something like “No results matched your search criteria. Please try again.”

Thanks!
-Charley

Ross Moderator

#3050

Hey Charley

In your template you can add something like:

global $wp_query;
$total_results = $wp_query->found_posts;
if($total_results==0)
{
    _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.');
}

There are other examples in here:
http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop

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