Wix Events: Adding and Optimizing a Search Bar for Events
7 min
In this article
- Step 1 | Add the search bar to your site
- Step 2 | Customize the search bar
- Step 3 | Customize your search results page
Add a dedicated search bar to your site to help guests quickly find events they're excited about. Customize its text, design, and search behavior to highlight your events and match your site's style.
Before you begin:
Make sure your site is indexed by search engines. You can enable this in your SEO settings.
Step 1 | Add the search bar to your site
First, add the Wix Site Search app. Once installed, a search bar is added to your site's header, making it accessible from every page. A "Search Results" page is automatically added to your site and but remains hidden until a guest enters a search term=.
Wix Editor
Studio Editor
Dashboard
- Go to your editor.
- Click Add Apps on the left side of the editor.
- Search for the Wix Site Search app in the search bar then select the app.
- Click Add to Site.
on the left side of the editor.
Step 2 | Customize the search bar
Customize the search bar and make it event-specific by updating the placeholder text (e.g. Search for an event). Choose whether results appear as the visitor types or only after they finish. You can also customize the layout and design to match your site's look and feel.
Wix Editor
Studio Editor
- Click the Wix Site Search bar in the editor.
- Click Settings and customize the search bar:
- Placeholder text: Enter the text that appears inside the search bar when left blank (e.g. 'Search for an event').
- Show result suggestions when a user starts typing: Choose whether to show result suggestions as guests type.
- Show trending items before a user starts typing: Highlight popular search terms before guests start typing.
Note: Enabling trending items is only possible if result suggestions are also enabled.
- Click the Layout icon and Design iconto customize the look of the search bar.
and Design icon
to customize the look of the search bar.
Step 3 | Customize your search results page
Control what guests see when they search on your site. You can control which types of results appear (e.g. blog posts, products, events) and customize their labels. By default, the Search Results page is hidden and only appears when a guest enters a search term.
The Search Results page includes:
- Search bar: Allows guests to search again directly from the results page.
- Results menu: Displays search categories (e.g. Events, Products, Blogs).
- Search results: Shows relevant matches. If no results are found, a "No Results" message appears.
Wix Editor
Studio Editor
- Click Pages & Menuon the left side of the editor.
- Click the Search Results page.
- Click the Search Results element and click Settings.
- Click the Settings tab and customize the search results page:
- Click the toggles next to other pages to exclude them from search results. Only content from enabled pages will appear.
- (Optional) Click the Edit icon next to Events to change how it appears in the search results.
- (Optional) Enable the Show hidden pages (SEO) toggle to allow guests to search for pages that are hidden from search engines.
- Increase the number of results per page (recommended for sites with many events):
- Click the Layout tab.
- Drag the Number of results per page slider to display more events in the first page of search results.
- Use the additional customization options to adjust the appearance and behavior of the search results page.
on the left side of the editor.
next to Events to change how it appears in the search results.
What's next?
Test your search bar by entering an event name to see how results appear. Once live, use Wix Analytics to track what visitors are searching for and optimize your content accordingly.
