FWRE Search Module
The FWRE Search Module places a property search form anywhere on your site — a band across the home page, a sidebar, or a landing page — rather than restricting search to the listing page. It searches the same properties with the same filters as the listing page and sends results there, so a visitor can start a search without having to find the listing page first.
Use Cases
- Search band on the home page. Show location, type and price above the fold so the first thing a visitor can do is search.
- Persistent sidebar search. Keep the form on every page so criteria can be changed at any time.
- Landing page scoped to one area or type. Point the form at a listing page already filtered to a city or property type; the visitor's search narrows within that scope.
Placement
Add the FW Real Estate — Module block to any page or widget area, set the key to search, and configure it in the Search fields panel. Alternatively, use the shortcode [fwre_module key="search"] in any page or post.
Settings
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Design (theme) | Site default | Which installed design renders the form. |
| Layout | Default | Default, Minimal, or Banner — see Layouts below. |
| Location Display | Separate Fields | Separate Fields — country, region, city and street as individual selects; Smart String — one combined location box; Hide — no location fields. |
| Search Fields Display | All on | Which filters the form offers. Turning one off removes it from this form only; the listing page is unaffected. |
| Range Fields Display | Dropdowns | Whether price, bedrooms, bathrooms and area use Sliders or Dropdowns. |
| Background Image | — | A background image for the form; used by the Banner layout. |
Search Fields Display
All filters are on by default. The available fields are: Price, Bedrooms, Bathrooms, Property type, Category, Status, Living area, Lot size, Amenities, Agent, MLS number, Property ID, Radius, Currency, Lease terms, Availability, and a Save Search button.
Several fields depend on an add-on and are absent without it: Amenities requires Property Fields; Agent requires Agents; Currency requires Multi Currency; Radius requires Map View; Lease terms and Availability require Rentals; Status requires Status Labels; the Save Search button requires Saved Searches. The toggles for Save Search button, Radius and Currency appear in settings only while their add-on is enabled.
Layouts
| Layout | Description |
|---|---|
| Default | The full form — and the only layout the settings above actually drive. |
| Minimal | A short, fixed set of fields for tight spaces. |
| Banner | A wide band designed to sit across the top of a page, with a background image behind it. |
Only the Default layout is driven by the settings. Minimal and Banner are fixed designs that render a curated set of fields with plain dropdowns and deliberately ignore the field checkboxes, the slider/dropdown choice and the location display option. If you need those settings to take effect, use the Default layout.
An installed design can add its own layout to this list. Such a layout renders only while the design that provides it is selected — either in this module's own Design (theme) setting or as the site's active design.
Live Results
Results update as a visitor changes a filter, without reloading the page — the count and the listing refresh in place. Every option carries the number of properties it would match (for example, Berlin (5) or Villa (12)), and after each change those numbers are recalculated. Options that now match nothing are removed, so the form never offers a combination that returns an empty page. Choosing a city narrows the region, type, category and status lists to what that city actually contains. A list never narrows by its own picks — choosing one city still shows the others, so a second can be added.
The form also displays a running total of matching properties as criteria change. Applied filters appear as removable chips beneath the form; clicking the × on a chip drops that filter and refreshes the results.
Notes
- Radius search needs a starting point. The Radius field stays disabled until a street, ZIP, city or region has been entered.
- Results are shareable. Search criteria travel in the URL, so a filtered result can be bookmarked or sent to a client.
- The listing page shows no search form by default. A site can switch one on — Search panel above the listing, on the Search module's card under Configuration → Add-ons — and that composed form has none of its fields turned off and no field settings of its own. The add-on dependencies above still apply: a field whose add-on is absent is absent there too. Place the block or shortcode when you want search somewhere the listing is not, or when you want to choose which fields the form offers.