Search does not look for tags

[hakre]

While 3.1 Beta Testing I ran over this:

Ajax search is to search the (paginated) table. The table has tags in it's display. Search is not looking for those.

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How to reproduce?

1. Edit a Post.
2. Add a new Tag that doesn't exist so far.
3. Update the Post.
4. Go to Posts.
5. Search for the just created Tag.
6. You get an empty search result.

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See #14579 and #15580

[nacin]

Regression? I wasn't aware we ever searched tags.

[duck_]

Same in 3.0.3 for me. (I made sure the post title/content had no similarity to the tag slug)

[ocean90]

Regression?

No.

[greuben]

searching for tags doesn't work on front end also

[scribu]

Not a regression and we already have a 'posts_search' filter.

[hakre]

Related: #16163; #16162

[scribu]

Do you mind explaining why you reopened the ticket?

[scribu]

As already stated, no search, ajax or not, in the back-end or on the front-end, includes terms, be them tags, categories or a custom taxonomy.

[hakre]

Replying to scribu:

Do you mind explaining why you reopened the ticket?

I changed it from Bug to Enhancement (as you wrote it's not a bug), that's why.

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Replying to scribu:

As already stated, no search, ajax or not, in the back-end or on the front-end, includes terms, be them tags, categories or a custom taxonomy.

As already stated, the table displays that information. The search above is in context of it. I'm talking about the back-end only, the ajax tables in specific. But probably a UI/UX expert should review this.

[westi]

Patch works for me.

[scribu]

Doesn't fit into 3.2. We're trying to make things faster. :)

[wonderboymusic]

UI/UX expert should review this

I just got certified to be one online: I vote no - this ticket is old, search is already bad, this is better as a plugin for now. Ozz's patch for relevance hasn't even made it in yet.

[SergeyBiryukov]

Related: #7394