# WebSite Structured Data With Site Search

> Adds WebSite JSON-LD to the homepage, including a SearchAction that tells search engines how your site search works.

- Type: PHP
- Runs: Frontend only
- Category: [SEO](https://wpide.com/library/category/seo/)
- Tags: schema, website, json-ld
- Author: WPIDE Team
- Installs: 0
- Updated: 2026-10-28
- Page: https://wpide.com/library/website-schema-with-search/

## Code

```php
add_action( 'wp_head', function () {
    if ( ! is_front_page() || defined( 'WPSEO_VERSION' ) || defined( 'RANK_MATH_VERSION' ) || defined( 'AIOSEO_VERSION' ) || defined( 'SEOPRESS_VERSION' ) || defined( 'THE_SEO_FRAMEWORK_VERSION' ) ) {
        return;
    }

    $data = array(
        '@context'        => 'https://schema.org',
        '@type'           => 'WebSite',
        'name'            => get_bloginfo( 'name' ),
        'url'             => home_url( '/' ),
        'potentialAction' => array(
            '@type'       => 'SearchAction',
            'target'      => array(
                '@type'       => 'EntryPoint',
                'urlTemplate' => home_url( '/?s={search_term_string}' ),
            ),
            'query-input' => 'required name=search_term_string',
        ),
    );

    if ( get_bloginfo( 'description' ) ) {
        $data['description'] = get_bloginfo( 'description' );
    }

    echo '<script type="application/ld+json">' . wp_json_encode( $data, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE | JSON_HEX_TAG ) . "</script>\n";
} );
```

## Notes

Skipped when a major SEO plugin is active, as they output the same data.

## How to use it

Install the free WPIDE plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/), find "WebSite Structured Data With Site Search" in its snippet library and add it in one click; or create a new PHP snippet in WPIDE (or any code snippets plugin) and paste the code above. More snippets: https://wpide.com/library/