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Theme options – Search – Advanced Search Form

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Learn how to set up and customize the global Advanced Search Form fields used by WPResidence search forms that are not created with the Elementor Search Form Builder. Watch Video on Youtube

Go to Theme Options → Search → Advanced Search Form to manage the global WPResidence search form fields.

These settings control the default theme search forms, including:

  • Search forms displayed in Hero Media
  • Search forms used with the Advanced Search Results page
  • Advanced Search widgets
  • Advanced Search shortcodes
  • Mobile search
  • Theme default search forms used by the selected Advanced Search Type
Important: Elementor Search Form Builder creates page-specific search forms. It does not replace or automatically sync with the global search fields from Theme Options → Search → Advanced Search Form.

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What These Settings Control

The Advanced Search Form settings define the fields and logic used by the global WPResidence search forms.

From this area, you can manage:

  • The Advanced Search Type
  • The fields shown in the search form
  • The field order
  • The field labels
  • The comparison logic for each field
  • Price, rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, amenities, and features search options


Advanced Search Form settings in WPResidence Theme Options

Choose the Advanced Search Type

WPResidence includes several predefined Advanced Search Types. The selected type controls how the search form is displayed and how the fields are organized.

Select the search type that matches the layout and search logic you want to use.

Advanced Search Type 1 Advanced Search Type 6
Advanced Search Type 3 Advanced Search Type 8
Advanced Search Type 4 Advanced Search Type 10
Advanced Search Type 5 Advanced Search Type 11
Tip: Use Advanced Search Type 6 when you want category-based tabs, for example Sale and Rent / Let.

Enable Custom Search Fields

The option Use Custom Fields for Advanced Search? controls if the search form uses the custom field setup from this section.

Set this option to Yes if you use one of these search types:

  • Advanced Search Type 5
  • Advanced Search Type 6
  • Advanced Search Type 8
  • Advanced Search Type 10
  • Advanced Search Type 11

When this option is enabled, you can choose the fields, order, labels, and comparison logic used in the search form.

Advanced Search Custom Fields Setup

Set the Search Fields

The field rows define what visitors can search for.

Common fields include:

  • Location
  • Property category
  • Property action or type
  • Property status
  • Price
  • Bedrooms
  • Bathrooms
  • Rooms
  • Property size
  • Year built
  • Title keyword
  • Custom numeric fields
  • Custom text fields

For each field, you can set the field type, label, and comparison logic.

Advanced Search Custom Fields Setup

Important: After changing the number of fields or fields per row, click Save Changes, then refresh the Theme Options page to load the updated field rows.

Buy / Rent or Sale / Let Search Setup

If you want separate buying and lettings journeys, use taxonomies/categories and Search Type 6. Do not start with custom hidden fields.

Recommended setup:

  1. Create or organize your property taxonomies, for example Sale and Rent / Let.
  2. Use Advanced Search Type 6 to show category-based tabs.
  3. Set the supported search fields for each category.
  4. Use the default Advanced Search Results page for submitted searches.

All About Taxonomies

Advanced Search Type 6

Advanced Search Custom Fields Setup

You can also create separate landing pages, for example:

  • Buying page: list or search only Sale properties
  • Lettings page: list or search only Rent / Let properties

For custom area blocks, you can add images or buttons that link to manually created pages, for example Buy in Solihull or Rent in Solihull.

Important: WordPress does not automatically create pages for every combination of category, city, area, and action. Create those landing pages manually if you need them.

Price Search Options

WPResidence supports several price filtering methods, depending on your search type and selected fields.

Price can be used as:

  • Price slider
  • Manual input field
  • Dropdown values

Currency settings are managed from Theme Options → General → Price & Currency.

Price and Currency settings

Price Slider

The Show Slider for Price? option enables or disables the price slider in the search form.

When the slider is enabled, set:

  • Minimum value for Price Slider
  • Maximum value for Price Slider

Price Dropdowns

To use price dropdowns, select the Price V3 field in the Advanced Search Custom Fields setup.

Then define the values for:

  • Minimum Price Dropdown
  • Maximum Price Dropdown

These values are also reused in the Property List Directory.

Property List Directory

Rooms, bedrooms, and bathrooms are default WPResidence fields.

When dropdowns are enabled, these fields can appear as dropdowns instead of input fields.

Important: To manage these fields from the custom search field setup, Use Custom Fields for Advanced Search? must be set to Yes.

Advanced Search Custom Fields Setup

Amenities and Features Fields

Visitors can filter listings by amenities and features, such as pool, parking, garden, elevator, or other custom features.

Create the amenities and features first, then enable them for search.

Amenities and Features setup

Homepage Location-Only Search

When enabled, the homepage search form displays only the location field.

The location search can include:

  • Address
  • City
  • Area
  • State
  • Zip code

Advanced Search Results Page

The Advanced Search Results page displays the properties that match the filters submitted from the search form.

Advanced Search Results Page

Important: The Advanced Search Results page is unique. You can create separate landing pages or property list pages, but submitted searches use the configured Advanced Search Results page.

Elementor Search Form Builder

The Elementor Search Form Builder is used for page-specific search forms.

Use it when you need a custom search form only on a specific Elementor page.

Search Form Builder for Elementor

Important: If you use the Elementor Search Form Builder, keep the fields and search logic consistent with the global search setup when you want the same behavior across the site.