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Do you want to customize your WordPress search results page? The default WordPress search engine works well out of the box. But when a user searches for a term that is not on the site, they may see a blank screen.
This would look unprofessional and could make your users decide to search elsewhere.
Also, having a dedicated search page makes it easy for your site users to initiate a search, and see richer results. For these reasons, you need to optimize your search results page for maximum performance.