Plugin does not work with _layouts directory

[LionelCons]

Using gitbook 3.0.3 and the default theme, the search plugin works fine.

If I create a _layouts directory copying the contents from theme-default/_layouts (with no modifications at all) then the search box does not appear anymore.

Any idea why?

[cherihung]

I had the same problem.

it's the page.html file. Looks like the order of compilation overrides search_input block (plugin -> custom theme). So you can either remove that file, replace all of the code with {% extends template.self %}

I'd hope there's a way to specify plugin order with custom theme in the future.

[swapagarwal]

Any way to make this plugin work along with modifications in _layouts?

[alukach]

adding {% extends template.self %} as the first line of _layouts/page.html did the trick for me.