[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42333: "?search=" results in the index page of all posts

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#42333: "?search=" results in the index page of all posts
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 Reporter:  tommicarleman  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General        |    Version:  4.8.2
 Severity:  normal         |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                 |
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 URLs like "https://www.houstonzoo.org/?search=bear" result in an index
 page listing all posts - I could not find anything about this in Google,
 so I am wondering why does this exist? Maybe there is a real reason for
 it, or it is just some kind of old feature?

 Wouldn't the right approach be showing the correct frontpage, or atleast
 the search results page (although it is already defined as "?s="

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