You can search for elements anywhere you see this bar:
Craft supports the following search syntax:
Searching for… | will find elements… |
---|---|
salty |
containing “salty”. |
salty dog |
containing both “salty” and “dog”. |
salty OR dog |
containing either “salty” or “dog” (or both). |
salty -dog |
containing “salty” but not “dog”. |
"salty dog" |
containing the exact phrase “salty dog”. |
*ty |
containing a word that ends with “ty”. |
*alt* |
containing a word that contains “alt”. |
body:salty |
where the body field contains “salty”. |
body:salty body:dog |
where the body field contains both “salty” and “dog”. |
body:salty OR body:dog |
where the body field contains either “salty” or “dog”. |
body:salty -body:dog |
where the body field contains “salty” but not “dog”. |
body:"salty dog" |
where the body field contains the exact phrase “salty dog”. |
body:*ty |
where the body field contains a word that ends with “ty”. |
body:*alt* |
where the body field contains a word that contains “alt”. |
body::salty |
where the body field is set to “salty” and nothing more. |
body::"salty dog" |
where the body field is set to “salty dog” and nothing more. |
body::salty* |
where the body field begins with “salty”. |
body::*dog |
where the body field ends with “dog”. |
body:* |
where the body field contains any value. |
-body:* |
where the body field is empty. |
Assets, categories, entries, users, and tags each support their own set of additional attributes to search against:
-
Assets
- filename
- extension
- kind
-
Categories
- title
- slug
-
Entries
- title
- slug
-
Users
- username
- firstName
- lastName
- fullName (firstName + lastName)
-
Tags
- title
craft.assets()
, craft.entries()
, craft.tags()
, and craft.users()
support a search
parameter that you can use to filter their elements by a given search query.
{# Get the user's search query from the 'q' query-string param #}
{% set searchQuery = craft.app.request.getParam('q') %}
{# Fetch entries that match the search query #}
{% set results = craft.entries()
.search(searchQuery)
.all() %}
You can also set the orderBy
parameter to 'score'
if you want results ordered by best-match to worst-match:
{% set results = craft.entries()
.search(searchQuery)
.orderBy('score')
.all() %}
When you do this, each of the elements returned will have a searchScore
attribute set, which reveals what their search score was.
::: tip See our Search Form tutorial for a complete example of listing dynamic search results. :::
Craft does its best to keep its search indexes as up-to-date as possible, but there are a couple things that might render portions of them inaccurate. If you suspect that your search indexes don’t have the latest and greatest data, you can have Craft rebuild them by bulk-resaving your entries with the resave/entries
command:
./craft resave/entries --update-search-index
You can specify which entries should be resaved with the --section
and --type
options, among others. Run resave/entries --help
to see a full list of supported options.