HTML5 search for WordPress

The default WordPress search form used to ship with markup that ignored the semantic tags HTML5 gave us. The input was not typed as a search field, and the form lacked the roles that help browsers and screen readers understand what it is. I wrote this to swap in a cleaner form without asking you to edit a single theme file. What you get Overrides get_search_form() with HTML5-semantic markup Uses the correct search input type and the right ARIA roles Works as a drop-in. If your theme calls the standard search form function, this replaces what comes out. Who it's for Anyone on an older theme whose search form still uses the dated markup. WordPress core has improved its own search form since I wrote this, so a modern, well-built theme may already give you everything here. The plugin earns its place when your theme's form is missing the semantic attributes and you do not want to fork the the