In hindsight, this feels really basic - but it took me a while to figure it out, so I thought I'd package it up in a video in case it helps you.
Basically the scenario is this - you have a bunch of pages on your website, but when someone uses the search widget, you want to make sure it's returning results that are useful to them, right?
This video shows you how you can exclude specific pages from the wordpress search widget, making it easier for your website visitors to find what they want. Which is a win for everyone.
Here's the plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-...