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    Redirecting users to a category page instead of a search results page

    Hi,

    I noticed visitors tend to use the search bar to reach a category much more often than they use the navigation menu, leaving the search field empty, choosing a category and then clicking Search, and I was wondering if there would be a way to redirect them to the actual category instead of displaying a results page...

    The idea would be to redirect them whenever the search field is empty and a category is selected. I started working on it but I am stuck when it comes to redirection. In file search.php, here is what I did around line 30:

    Code:
    <?php 
						    $catid = get_query_var('scat');
						    if ( $searchTxt = '*' && ! empty( $catid ) ) {
						    
						    CODE FOR REDIRECTION
						    
						    } else {
						    ?>
						    <h1 class="single dotted"><?php printf( __( 'Search for \'%1$s\' returned %2$s results', APP_TD ), $searchTxt, $wp_query->found_posts );}?></h1>
    Any idea what code I could use to redirect users based on the catid?

    Alternatively, would it be possible to redirect them using a 302 or 307 redirect without affecting SEO? I already have a plugin installed that can handle this.

    Thanks for your input!
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