search_form_format – Hook | Developer.WordPress.org

Filters the HTML format of the search form.

Parameters

$formatstring

The type of markup to use in the search form.
Accepts 'html5', 'xhtml'.

$argsarray

The array of arguments for building the search form.
See get_search_form() for information on accepted arguments.

More Arguments from get_search_form( … $args )

Array of display arguments.

echo bool
Whether to echo or return the form. Default true.
aria_label string
ARIA label for the search form. Useful to distinguish multiple search forms on the same page and improve accessibility.

The filter function must return a $format value after it is finished processing or the search form will be empty.

$format = apply_filters( 'search_form_format', $format, $args );

Used by	Description
get_search_form()`wp-includes/general-template.php`	Displays search form.

Version	Description
5.5.0	The `$args` parameter was added.
3.6.0	Introduced.