How to remove / hide Search Box from WordPress Twenty Eleven theme?

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In my opinion Twenty Eleven theme is really getting good response from self-hosted WordPress community. Everyday I am getting new customization tips requests for Twenty Eleven theme. Here is another small customization tips Twenty Eleven theme requested by one of our readers.

Remove Search box from Twenty Eleven theme

If you want to remove the search box from Twenty Eleven theme, go to Dashboard > Appearance > Editor. Now select header.php file and the following piece of code:

1	<?php get_search_form(); ?>

You should find it twice, remove both occurrences and save the changes.

Hide Search box from Twenty Eleven theme

Did you read your last post on Twenty Eleven child theme? I am going to show you how you can use your child theme to hide the search box. Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Editor and select the style.css of your child theme. Add the following piece of CSS code in that file.

1	#searchform { display:none; }

That’s it.

Regards,
Jinnat Ul Hasan

By Jinnat Ul Hasan | On Tuesday, July 26th, 2011 | Under How To's | 6 Comments »

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Hristina March 8, 2012 at 2:03 pm

Hi,

Thanks for the advice (I am using a child theme for twenty eleven). My question is: Can I still use the search widget on the sidebar? After I hid the serach box from the header, the search widget was hidden as well. I want no search bar in the header, but I need a serach bar in the sidebar…

Jinnat Ul Hasan March 8, 2012 at 2:26 pm: Yes, I believe you will be able to use the search option on your sidebar.

Feel free to contact us for further assistance.

Thank you.

Td January 3, 2012 at 3:31 am

Man thank you !

Jocelyne October 17, 2011 at 1:24 am

I have been trying to remove my search box in WordPress for a while now and everything I read didn’t work. I’m so thankful I found your website! Worked like a charm. I will be coming back for more tips when I get stuck. Thank you very much!