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Display Search Terms from Google Users

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Do you want to display a custom welcome message and search terms for users coming from Google search? While there’s probably a plugin for this, we have created a quick code snippet that you can use to display search terms from Google users in WordPress.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s index.php file:

<?php
$refer = $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"];
if (strpos($refer, "google")) {
	$refer_string = parse_url($refer, PHP_URL_QUERY);
	parse_str($refer_string, $vars);
	$search_terms = $vars['q'];
	echo 'Welcome Google visitor! You searched for the following terms to get here: ';
	echo $search_terms;
};
?>

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly add code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

If you liked this code snippet, please consider checking out our other articles on the site like: 9 best WordPress job board plugins and how to secure your WordPress forms.

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