<form role="search" method="get" class="search-form" action="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>">

    <label>

        <span class="screen-reader-text"><?php _ex( 'Search for:', 'label', 'textdomain' ); ?></span>

        <input type="search" class="search-field" placeholder="<?php echo esc_attr_x( 'Search &hellip;', 'placeholder', 'textdomain' ); ?>" value="<?php echo get_search_query(); ?>" name="s" />

    </label>

    <button type="submit" class="search-submit"><?php echo esc_html_x( 'Search', 'submit button', 'textdomain' ); ?></button>

</form>

   

<?php

$paged = ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) ? get_query_var( 'paged' ) : 1;

$args = array(

    's' => get_search_query(),

    'paged' => $paged

);

$query = new WP_Query( $args );

if ( $query->have_posts() ) {

    while ( $query->have_posts() ) {

        $query->the_post();

        // Display the search results

        the_title();

        the_excerpt();

    }

    // Add pagination

    echo paginate_links( array(

        'total' => $query->max_num_pages

    ) );

} else {

    // No results found

    _e( 'No results found.', 'textdomain' );

}

wp_reset_