You can change text color to blue by adding the below CSS code in the Custom CSS option of Ivory Search plugin settings on the path Ivory Search -> Settings -> Settings

#masthead .is-menu input.search-form__field::-webkit-input-placeholder{
    color: #2c82b2;
}
#masthead .is-menu input.search-form__field::-moz-placeholder{
    color: #2c82b2;
}
#masthead .is-menu input.search-form__field:-ms-input-placeholder{
    color: #2c82b2;
}
#masthead .is-menu input.search-form__field:-moz-placeholder{
    color: #2c82b2;
}
#masthead .is-menu input.search-form__field {
    color: #2c82b2;
}

I hope you are well today and thank you for your question.

Currently, the plugin doesn’t provide thois functionality but we will implement it soon in the future version of plugin.

Best regards,
Ivory Search Support

I hope you are well today and thank you for your question.

This issue is resolved in the latest released plugin version 4.1.7 so could you please update the plugin to the latest version and let us know whether it works fine?

Best regards,
Ivory Search Support

I hope you are well today and thank you for your questions.

the first one, I want to know if there’s any way that I can center the search button?

We can achieve this developing custom CSS code.

Could you please share me your site URL where it’s displaying so that I can help you to achieve it?

and the last one, I want to know if there’s any way that the search go direct to the page, I mean, instead of go to the result page, the search redirects me straight to the page?

You can achieve this developing a custom code.

If you are not a developer then you can consider hiring a developer to develop it for you. You can hire a developer from any freelance site or WordPress agency.

You can also consider us to develop it for you using the form https://ivorysearch.com/custom-work/

Best regards,
Ivory Search Support

I would like to make the bar fit in with the rest of the page, either with a black or darker grey background.

You can achieve this by adding the below CSS code in the Custom CSS option of Ivory Search plugin settings on the path Ivory Search -> Settings -> Settings

.is-menu input.search-field {
    background: #444242 !important;
    color: #FFF !important;
}

Is it possible to edit the text shown on the button and in the text box?

The search form and its placeholder text are displayed by the theme that you are using on your site so you can change it by editing theme searchform.php file in the child theme as described in the following page.

How to create a custom search form in WordPress

Alternatively, you can change the text by translating your theme or using any of the below plugins to change it.

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