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title: "Change the search word parameter"
manual: "ke_search"
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source: "Configuration/SearchWordParameter.rst"
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# Change the search word parameter {#configuration-search-word-parameter}

By default the URL parameter for the searchword is `tx_kesearch_pi1[sword]` (following the TYPO3 "piVar" standard).

You may change this parameter to something else, e.g. `query` which allows the search words to be tracked by GA4 with
the TypoScript configuration option `searchWordParameter`.

Example (Setup TypoScript):

```typoscript
plugin.tx_kesearch_pi1.searchWordParameter = query
```