Title: Advanced Admin Search
Author: Kuroit
Published: September 27, 2018
Last modified: June 14, 2022
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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.
# Advanced Admin Search
By [Kuroit](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kuroit/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/advanced-admin-search.1.1.6.zip)
* [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-admin-search/#description)
* [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-admin-search/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-admin-search/#installation)
* [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-admin-search/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-admin-search/)
## Description
Advanced Admin Search provides you easy and simplest way to search anything in WordPress
admin panel from one single search field.
### Why use Advanced Admin Search?
By using this plugin you can quickly search posts, pages, users, custom post types,
comments and more from one single search field on WordPress admin bar.
You won’t
have to go to each section to search any of this. It will also check for the content
of every post to provide you exact results.
Example:
Not sure where you placed the shortcode for third party gallery or appointment
plugin? Simply search the shortcode in search field and it will provide you list
of posts/pages or anywhere it is placed.
### Bar Search Features
Advanced Admin Search on WordPress admin bar allows you to search:
1. Admin Menu
2. Media Library (Attachments)
3. Users
4. Posts
5. Pages
6. Custom Post Types
7. Post Meta
8. Comments
### Dedicated Full Search Page
Dedicated Full Search page of Advanced Admin Search in WordPress admin panel allows
you to search:
1. Media Library (Attachments)
2. Users
3. Posts (and content for shortcodes, links etc)
4. Pages (and content for shortcodes, links etc)
5. Custom Post Types
6. Post Meta
7. Comments
You can filter the search by:
1. Keyword (search term)
2. Post Type
3. Post Status
4. Author ID or Username
5. Meta Filters
6. Filter by Meta Key
7. Filter by Meta Value
8. Filter Meta by Expression (Exact Match, Starting With, Ending With)
### SUBMITTING PATCHES
Found a bug? or want to contribute in our plugin? We would love that! Check out
[Official repo for Advanced Admin Search on Github.](https://github.com/Kuroit/Advanced-Admin-Search)
## Installation
1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/advanced-admin-search` directory,
or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
## Reviews
### [Redefines your tables styles. Not Good.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redefines-your-tables-styles-not-good/)
[jdeanwilson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jdeanwilson/) May 3, 2023
Installing this plugin will redefine your table styles, messing up the design of
your website. Plugin should not be redefining basic tags like to support its
search results page. I had to uninstall it.
### [Contains Unnecesary CSS](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contains-unnecesary-css/)
[broomfish](https://profiles.wordpress.org/broomfish/) October 24, 2022
works well and does what it says, makes meta fields searchable which was great.
Unfortunately the CSS file included reformats the look of admin and front end which
is annoying and unnecessary and makes my products page messy as all the column widths
are changed. i tried to clean it but then gave up and uninstalled to regain the
correct display and will look for a better replacement
### [very useful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-3041/)
[dolceremy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/centoasa/) July 2, 2022
search anything you want, this plugin finds it! Great developer!
### [Pretty Good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pretty-good-248/)
[nick6352683](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nick6352683/) December 11, 2020
Does the job as described – no complains with this one !
### [Great Plugin, but i want more results 😀](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-but-i-want-more-results-d/)
[pieder](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pieder/) December 4, 2020
Great plugin, but we want to see all the results please. When is there coming a
page for all results? Thanks!
### [Exactly what I was looking for](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exactly-what-i-was-looking-for-453/)
[aleangelico01](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aleangelico01/) May 21, 2020
It works as expected, hence the 5 stars rating. In the wishlist I would like an
option to configure or filter where to look, if in pages, posts, sliders, etc. But
anyway, it is great.
[ Read all 8 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-admin-search/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“Advanced Admin Search” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Kuroit ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kuroit/)
* [ Puneet Kalra ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/puneetkay/)
[Translate “Advanced Admin Search” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/advanced-admin-search)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/advanced-admin-search/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/advanced-admin-search/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/advanced-admin-search/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/advanced-admin-search/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
#### 1.1.6
* Bug fixes
#### 1.1.5
* Bug fixes
* Table output fix when no results found
#### 1.1.4
* Security issues fixed
#### 1.1.3
* Bug fixes
#### 1.1.2
* Readme file updates
#### 1.1.1
* Bug Fixes
* Dedicated search page support
* UI Changes
#### 1.1
* JS bug fix
* SQL error fix
* UI Changes
#### 1.0
* Improved the code
* Bugs removed
* Post meta and comments search added
#### 0.9.1
* Support for custom post types
* Bug fixes
#### 0.9
* Hello WordPress!
* Submitted plugin on WordPress
## Meta
* Version **1.1.6**
* Last updated **4 years ago**
* Active installations **600+**
* WordPress version ** 3.9 or higher **
* Tested up to **6.0.11**
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-admin-search/)
* Tags
* [admin search](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin-search/)[advance search](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/advance-search/)
[custom post type search](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-post-type-search/)
* [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-admin-search/advanced/)
## Ratings
4.3 out of 5 stars.
* [ 6 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-admin-search/reviews/?filter=5)
* [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-admin-search/reviews/?filter=4)
* [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-admin-search/reviews/?filter=3)
* [ 2 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-admin-search/reviews/?filter=2)
* [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-admin-search/reviews/?filter=1)
[Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-admin-search/reviews/#new-post)
[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-admin-search/reviews/)
## Contributors
* [ Kuroit ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kuroit/)
* [ Puneet Kalra ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/puneetkay/)
## Support
Got something to say? Need help?
[View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-admin-search/)
## Donate
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[ Donate to this plugin ](https://www.kuroit.com)