How to Add “No Search Results Found” in the Twenty Twenty-Two Theme

Twenty-Twenty Two theme About page highlighting navigation, with text of "The Hatchery: a blog about my adventures in bird watching" with a gorgeous illustration of a black, blue, copper, and white breasted bird.

When you use a WordPress site search form to look for a term or phrase and no results are found, you expect a message like “No search results found” to display.

But you don’t expect to get a blank page.

Which has you wondering what happened.

  • Did the search work?
  • Or did something go wrong on the site?
  • Do I need to submit the search again?
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UX Win: Otter Basic Plan Updates Message

Otter home page highlighting run better meetings. Automatically capture meeting nots. Find the information you need. Keep everyone informed and aligned.

I’ve been a fan of Otter.ai, the speech to text web-based application which creates audio files and transcripts, for the past few years.

It’s one of my top recommendations to people looking to capture meeting notes, add transcripts to podcasts, or captions to videos.

And for user experience researchers to record and transcribe user research interviews and usability test sessions.

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Photo of the Week: Sweetbay Magnolia

Cluster of bright red seeds on a yellowish pod stands out against the whorl of shiny green leaves.

In the in-between time of late summer and fall in Nichols Arboretum, when summer flowers are done blooming and tree leaves haven’t changed to their brilliant reds, golds and yellows, you might not think to walk through Magnolia Glade. The more than two dozen southern Appalachian trees and cultivars from around the world are long… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Sweetbay Magnolia