Wildcards in the Forum Search - How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/wildcards-in-the-forum-search/ Discussion Board en-US Thu, 14 May 2026 01:41:33 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Wildcards in the Forum Search https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/wildcards-in-the-forum-search/#post-41391 Mon, 11 May 2020 13:25:28 +0000 @alvina

I can't send the link to my forum as it is behind a login on our customer portal. 

One case I have is adding quotes around a phrase in order to search for that phrase exactly. This is what wpForo actually searches:

Search result for:  \"contract campaign manager\"

It adds the slashes and finds nothing. This phrase does exist in my forum. However, searching without the quotes finds every instance of contract, campaign, and manager. The results are too much when what I really want is everything with that exact phrase. 

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 TIMS Forum https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/wildcards-in-the-forum-search/#post-41391 RE: Wildcards in the Forum Search https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/wildcards-in-the-forum-search/#post-41292 Sat, 09 May 2020 13:28:38 +0000 Hi @tims-forum,

Please try to explain by using the screenshot, to allow us to see what you try to search.

Also please provide your forum URL.

]]> How-to and Troubleshooting - wpForo 2.0 Alvina https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/wildcards-in-the-forum-search/#post-41292 Wildcards in the Forum Search https://wpforo.com/community/how-to-and-troubleshooting-2/wildcards-in-the-forum-search/#post-41174 Thu, 07 May 2020 17:24:08 +0000 Wildcards don't seem to work in the search bar. Should they be? Is there another way to do wildcard searches?

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