When searching forums, the search returns no results although there are category names that I know match the search.

Any Ideas?

[@robkk Moderator 9 years, 2 months ago]

I think it should be this way, I don’t think it is a bug or anything like that.

Should it be in bbPress forum search??

[@shawnsauce Participant 9 years, 2 months ago]

I looked in the bbPress Settings and the only option available was the option to toggle the search on or off.

I could see it being that way by design, I was just wondering if it was created that way by design.

Thank you for your response!

[@robkk Moderator 9 years, 2 months ago]

I think it is that way by design, but we might think about adding categories in the search in the future though. Might need other devs opinions.

[@shawnsauce Participant 9 years, 2 months ago]

I did a bit more testing and found that when logged in as admin, the search works exactly as expected, but if I am logged in as a regular member, the search does behave differently.

I have a forum called Jazz Lovers
with a topic with jazz in the content.

If I search the forum as admin, results for forum titles show up as well as results matching topic content and titles. However, if I am logged in as a normal user, I cannot receive results for forum titles.