@Hadden89 I tried to use the Wikiwand search URL, but this doesn't automatically redirect you to the page you're looking for. When entering a search query using the following Wikipedia URL, it automatically opens the article you're looking for, instead of showing search results:
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s
When searching with the Wikiwand search URL (https://www.wikiwand.com/en/search?q=%S), it shows a page with search results. I haven't been able to find a similar URL that goes directly to the article for Wikiwand. Do you know if there is such a URL for Wikiwand?
Update: The following search URL seems to be similar in functionality to the Wikipedia search URL: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/%S
I'll have to further test it to see if it actually works the same way and how it handles queries that don't exactly match page titles.
Update update: Of course this still doesn't fix the initial problem: that Wikiwand only redirects when refreshing a Wikipedia page. When going to a Wikipedia article through Google search for example, it still opens the original Wikipedia article. It only redirects to Wikiwand when refreshing.