#8955 closed defect (bug) (duplicate)
Category search fails for subcategories
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | UI | Version: | 2.7 |
| Severity: | normal | Keywords: | subcategory search categories |
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Description
In 2.7, the category search at /wp-admin/categories.php fails to find subcategories.
Change History (5)
comment:2
minusonebit — 4 years ago
Yep, I can confirm this is broken too. Just tried it on my end. It finds parent categories, but not subcategories.
comment:3
minusonebit — 4 years ago
- Severity changed from normal to critical
comment:4
minusonebit — 4 years ago
- Resolution set to duplicate
- Severity changed from critical to normal
- Status changed from new to closed
Duplicate of #8632.
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That is, if you have a category "Fudge" with a child category "Chocolate", no substring of "Chocolate", nor the word itself, returns any results using the category search.