topic Re: Search widgets adds double language parameter to URL after first search in CMS Development

Search widgets adds double language parameter to URL after first search

GvandenAkker — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:29:52 GMT

I'm not a developer but still hoping to fix this little bug on our bilangual site. Our search functions well the first time it's used, but after the search, the URL field is prepopulated with a querystring that contains two language parameters. As a result, any subsequent search yields zero results. Does anyknow know where this insertion of parameters is 'controlled'?

See: https://www.woodwing.com/search

Re: Search widgets adds double language parameter to URL after first search

felixmacaspac — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:17:16 GMT

Hi @GvandenAkker it's hard to assume what would be the problem in this scenario, it would be best if you can contact a developer that can verify the HubL and the JavaScript of the module. The insertion might be coming from the HubL implementation or the JavaScript implementation.

Re: Search widgets adds double language parameter to URL after first search

Jaycee_Lewis — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:58:21 GMT

Hey @GvandenAkker 👋 Thanks for your post. @felixmacaspac is correct; without more details or access, it is challenging to give a definite answer to your question. — Jaycee

Re: Search widgets adds double language parameter to URL after first search

Sapna1 — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 06:57:09 GMT

The double lang parameter is most likely coming from the front-end, not WoodWing’s internal search engine.

You probably have a language-switcher or code that always appends lang=, even when the URL already has one.

The WoodWing server-side “Locale” config may be set correctly, but because of the duplicated parameter, the search request fails or is interpreted incorrectly.

Re: Search widgets adds double language parameter to URL after first search

GvandenAkker — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 07:58:03 GMT

Thanks all for your suggestions. I thought it might help if I paste the code here?

Search result Module

{{ require_css(get_asset_url("/woodwing/web/modules/search/style/search-results.css"), { async: true} ) }} {{ require_js(get_asset_url("/woodwing/web/modules/search/scripts/search-results.js"), { position: "footer" } ) }}  {% set module_classes = module.module_settings.top_padding %} {% set module_classes = module.module_settings.bottom_padding ~ ' ' ~ module_classes %} <section class="m-search-results smaller-search-results{{ module_classes }}"> <div class="container"> <div class="row row--justify-center"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-8 col-md-6"> <div class="hs-search-results" data-portal-id="{{ hub_id }}" data-no-results-message='{{ module.no_results_text|escape|safe }}' data-translations="{{ module.translations|tojson|escape|safe }}" data-results-text="{{ module.translations.total_results_text|escape|safe }}"> <template class="hs-search-results__template"> <li> <a class="hs-search-results__url" href=""> <wcl-chip slot="category" background-color="#F2F4F7"> <p slot="text" class="hs-search-results__type"></p> </wcl-chip> <h5 class="hs-search-results__title">Content Title</h5> <p class="text_size-md text_color-gray-100 hs-search-results__description">Description</p> <wcl-ww-button variant="tertiary" spacing="none" icon-position="right"> <span class="text_size-md hs-search-results__discover-more">View this page</span> <wcl-ww-icon slot="icon" icon="arrow-right" color="#008697" size="20"></wcl-ww-icon> <wcl-ww-icon slot="icon-hover" icon="arrow-right" color="#008697" size="20"></wcl-ww-icon> </wcl-ww-button> </a> </li> </template> <ul id="hsresults" class="hs-search-results__listing"></ul> <div class="hs-search-results__pagination" data-search-path="{{ content.absolute_url }}"> <ul class="hs-search-results__pages"></ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section>

Search result .js code

Re: Search widgets adds double language parameter to URL after first search

amjadkhatri — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 07:25:39 GMT

Hi @GvandenAkker

You're right that the duplicate language parameter is coming from JavaScript. When the WoodWing search module processes the URL, it's appending the language parameter without checking if it already exists.

To fix this, modify the JavaScript that handles the search parameter updates. Add a check to remove any existing language parameters before appending the new one:

let url = new URL(window.location);
url.searchParams.delete('lang');
url.searchParams.append('lang', currentLang);

Have you tried inspecting the WoodWing module's JavaScript to see where the duplication occurs?

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Re: Search widgets adds double language parameter to URL after first search

GvandenAkker — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 15:18:18 GMT

hi @amjadkhatri, thanks for your explanation. Would you mind taking a look at the javascript I copied in this post and tell me where to insert this check? I'm not a developer and I'm therefore not sure if this check can be inserted as is, and where exactly. Thank you very much!

Re: Search widgets adds double language parameter to URL after first search

amjadkhatri — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 08:08:46 GMT

Under Setting > Advanced ( Click on Advanced )

You will see an option Additonal code snippets, paste the javascript here and save.

let url = new URL(window.location);
url.searchParams.delete('lang');
url.searchParams.append('lang', currentLang);

</script>

Re: Search widgets adds double language parameter to URL after first search

GvandenAkker — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 12:26:50 GMT

sorry, but that doesn't work. After the first search the page is not reloaded or anything, so the parameters in the URL are also not updated or removed.

Re: Search widgets adds double language parameter to URL after first search

Jaycee_Lewis — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 22:01:14 GMT

Thanks for the additional details @GvandenAkker. Hey @felixmacaspac do you have any additional feedback? — Jaycee

Re: Search widgets adds double language parameter to URL after first search

amjadkhatri — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 06:00:59 GMT

Solution: 1

<script>
document.body.onload = () => {
let url = new URL(window.location);
url.searchParams.delete('lang');
url.searchParams.append('lang', currentLang);
};
</script>

Solutuon 2:

<script>
setTimeout( function(){
let url = new URL(window.location);
url.searchParams.delete('lang');
url.searchParams.append('lang', currentLang);
}, 1500)

</script>

Re: Search widgets adds double language parameter to URL after first search

BérangèreL — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 08:13:02 GMT

Hi @GvandenAkker and thanks for getting back to us!

Based on your code, the issue is likely in how you're building pagination URLs. When constructing the pageNumberParams in your JavaScript, you're using new URLSearchParams(params.toString()) which preserves all existing URL parameters, including any language parameters.

This may be because:

- Your pagination links are built by cloning the current URL parameters

- If a language parameter already exists in the URL, it gets preserved

- When the link is clicked, the language parameter may be added again

Could you please try the following: Before setting the offset parameter, ensure you're not duplicating language parameters. In your pagination function around line 200-250, modify how you create the pagination URLs:

let pageNumberParams = new URLSearchParams(params.toString());
pageNumberParams.set('offset', (i * updatedLimit));
// Remove any duplicate language parameters if they exist
pageNumberParams.delete('lang'); // or whatever your language param is called

Alternatively, check if HubSpot's automatic language URL rewriting is interfering. You can disable this for specific elements by adding the class hs-skip-lang-url-rewrite to your pagination links.

I hope this helps!

Have a great day!
Bérangère

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Re: Search widgets adds double language parameter to URL after first search

GvandenAkker — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:48:16 GMT

Thanks for the suggested additional code. However, the result is still identical: 2 language parameters.
Where would I have to add the class exactly? Is that also in the same piece of code share previously? Which line? Can you perhaps provide the sample code?

Again, I’m not a programmer 😉

Thanks a lot in advance!

Re: Search widgets adds double language parameter to URL after first search

BérangèreL — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:30:57 GMT

Hi @GvandenAkker and thanks for getting back to us! No worries at all, I’m not a programmer either, so you’re in good company! 😉

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Now, let's consult our Top Experts: Hi @Anton, @SteveHTM and @sylvain_tirreau do you have suggestions to help @GvandenAkker, please?

Thanks so much and have a fantastic day!
Bérangère

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Re: Search widgets adds double language parameter to URL after first search

GvandenAkker — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:42:54 GMT

I got an experienced programmer take a look at the entire thing. The problem was in the Search Input module.
Thanks everyone for your support and attempts, much appreciated!

FYI: he made me change this to this:

{% if key != 'term' and key != 'limit' %} > {% if key != 'term' and key != 'limit' and key != 'language' %} Full module code: {{ require_css(get_asset_url("/woodwing/web/modules/search/style/search-input.css"), { async: true} ) }} {{ require_js(get_asset_url("/woodwing/web/modules/search/scripts/search-input.js"), { position: "footer" } ) }} {% from '/woodwing/web/macros/web-components.html' import add_component %} {% set search_path_prefix = widget_data.search_input_path_prefix ? widget_data.search_input_path_prefix.value : module.path_prefix %} <section class="m-search-input smaller-search-input" style="background: {{ module.module_settings.background.css }}" data-search-form> <div class="container"> <div class="row row--justify-center"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-10 col-md-8"> {% if module.intro_label %} <p class="keep-default intro-label text_size-md {{ 'text_color-white' if module.module_settings.text_color == 'white' else 'text_color-gray-600' }}">{{ module.intro_label }}</p> {% endif %} <h1 class="keep-default title {{ 'text_color-white' if module.module_settings.text_color == 'white' }}">{{module.title}}</h1> <div class="rich-text-container rich-text-container--color-gray-100">{{ module.description }}</div> <div class="hs-search-field" data-portal-id="{{ hub_id }}"> <div class="hs-search-field__bar"> <form action="{{ content.absolute_url }}" tabindex="0"> <input type="text" class="hs-search-field__input" name="term" autocomplete="off" aria-label="{{ module.search_label }}" placeholder="{{ module.placeholder }}" autofocus> <button aria-label="{{ module.search_label }}">{{ module.search_label }}</button> {% for key, value in request.query_dict.items() %} {% if key != 'term' and key != 'limit' and key != 'language' %} <input type="hidden" name="{{ key }}" value="{{ value }}"> {% endif %} {% endfor %} <input type="hidden" name="limit" value="{{ module.limit }}"> <input type="hidden" name="language" value="{{ locale | default('en') }}" id="language-input"> {% if search_path_prefix %} <input type="hidden" name="pathPrefix" value="{{ search_path_prefix }}"> {% endif %} {% if module.content_types.website_pages %} <input type="hidden" name="type" value="SITE_PAGE"> {% endif %} {% if module.content_types.landing_pages %} <input type="hidden" name="type" value="LANDING_PAGE"> {% endif %} {% if module.content_types.blog_posts %} <input type="hidden" name="type" value="BLOG_POST"> <input type="hidden" name="type" value="LISTING_PAGE"> {% endif %} {% if module.content_types.knowledge_articles %} <input type="hidden" name="type" value="KNOWLEDGE_ARTICLE"> {% endif %} {% if request.query_dict.hs_preview %} <input type="hidden" name="hs_preview" value="{{ request.query_dict.hs_preview }}"> {% endif %} </form> </div> <ul class="hs-search-field__suggestions"></ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section>