Title: Variable $s in searchform.php
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Variable $s in searchform.php

 *  Resolved [lxg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mastermind/)
 * (@mastermind)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-s-in-searchformphp/)
 * In the searchform.php of the default template and in many other templates, the
   search request is returned to the search form with the variable $s.
 * I would like to change its value within a plugin, but I couldn’t seem to find
   out where it is set. It seems not to be $_GET[‘s’] and not $wp_query->query_vars[‘
   s’].
 * Does somebody have an idea where that $s comes from?

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 *  Thread Starter [lxg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mastermind/)
 * (@mastermind)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-s-in-searchformphp/#post-463998)
 * Anybody has an idea?
 *  Thread Starter [lxg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mastermind/)
 * (@mastermind)
 * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-s-in-searchformphp/#post-464013)
 * Ok, solved it myself… it actually _is_ derived from $_GET[‘s’], but it has to
   be altered early.

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