# Why is my Swiftype search box not showing up in WordPress?

**URL:** <https://community.swiftype.com/t/why-is-my-swiftype-search-box-not-showing-up-in-wordpress/84>\
**Category:** WordPress\
**Created:** [December 21, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/why-is-my-swiftype-search-box-not-showing-up-in-wordpress/84 "2015-12-21T23:18:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.swiftype.com/t/why-is-my-swiftype-search-box-not-showing-up-in-wordpress/84/1 "2015-12-21T23:18:42Z")

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> **My theme seems to be stopping the search box from displaying is that something that is fixable?**

This situation is often easily fixed. The Swiftype WordPress search plugin takes over the default WordPress search widget. As a result, you just need to ensure you have the default search widget active in your theme for Swiftype to work. You can enable this by going to the **Appearance → Widgets** section of your WordPress admin dashboard, and then drag the “Search” widget into the side bar.