Title: search.php or searchpage.php
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# search.php or searchpage.php

 *  [fogelmatrix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fogelmatrix/)
 * (@fogelmatrix)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searchphp-or-searchpagephp/)
 * Can anyone fully explain the difference between searchpage.php and search.php?
   I know they kind of go into the difference in [this article](http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Search_Page),
   but it’s still not entirely clear to me. Can someone help me out? Thanks!

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 *  [stephencottontail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephencottontail/)
 * (@stephencottontail)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searchphp-or-searchpagephp/#post-5161792)
 * `search.php` is the file that WordPress uses to display the search results. `
   searchpage.php` is a Page Template that can be applied to a static page that 
   affects how that static page will be displayed. Many themes use Page Templates
   to allow you to display sidebars and such on certain pages, but not on others.
 * In practical terms, if you wanted to set up your navigation menu like this: “
   Home | About | Search | Blog” and your users should click on “Search” to reach
   a separate page that contains the actual search form, then you would use `searchpage.
   php`.

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 * Last reply from: [stephencottontail](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephencottontail/)
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