[katiemeeks]

I see there is an option if someone is on the main root forum page for search but once you click into a forum the search goes away.

Is there a way within a forum to have a search?

We use a lot of different forums and would like to have a search option when they visit the forum itself, not the root forum. Is this an option?

[TKServer]

I use the search widget for that.

[Robkk]

@katiemeeks

Does this php code snippet help any?? Make sure to place this php code snippet into your child themes functions.php file or in a plugin that can hold custom php code snippets like the functionality plugin.

//display bbPress search form above sinle topics and forums
function rk_bbp_search_form(){
 
    if ( bbp_allow_search()) {
        ?>
        <div class="bbp-search-form">
 
            <?php bbp_get_template_part( 'form', 'search' ); ?>
 
        </div>
        <?php
    }
}
 
add_action( 'bbp_template_before_single_forum', 'rk_bbp_search_form' );
add_action( 'bbp_template_before_single_topic', 'rk_bbp_search_form' );

[katiemeeks]

that is awesome Robkk! thank you – works great.

[Robkk]

no problem