Title: Search Exclude HTML Tags Author: superann Published: December 4, 2011 Last modified: December 4, 2011 --- Search plugins 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. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/search-exclude-html-tags.svg) # Search Exclude HTML Tags By [superann](https://profiles.wordpress.org/superann/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/search-exclude-html-tags.zip) * [Details](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/search-exclude-html-tags/#description) * [Reviews](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/search-exclude-html-tags/#reviews) * [Installation](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/search-exclude-html-tags/#installation) * [Development](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/search-exclude-html-tags/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-exclude-html-tags/) ## Description This plugin makes the WordPress built-in search ignore HTML tags in post content. By default, the WordPress built-in search considers HTML tags in post content to be searchable content. This behaviour often yields unexpected results. For example, a search for the keyword “strong” returns posts with any tags in them, “ title” returns posts with any HTML tags that have a title attribute (such as all the tags that you insert via the post editor media buttons)… and so on. ## Installation 1. Upload `search-exclude-html-tags.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. ## FAQ None. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Search Exclude HTML Tags” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ superann ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/superann/) [Translate “Search Exclude HTML Tags” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/search-exclude-html-tags) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/search-exclude-html-tags/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/search-exclude-html-tags/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/search-exclude-html-tags/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/search-exclude-html-tags/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * Initial version. ## Meta * Version **1.0** * Last updated **15 years ago** * Active installations **30+** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.2.1** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-exclude-html-tags/) * Tag * [search](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/) * [Advanced View](https://scn.wordpress.org/plugins/search-exclude-html-tags/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-exclude-html-tags/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-exclude-html-tags/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-exclude-html-tags/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-exclude-html-tags/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-exclude-html-tags/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-exclude-html-tags/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-exclude-html-tags/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ superann ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/superann/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/search-exclude-html-tags/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://superann.com/donate/?id=WP+Search+Exclude+HTML+Tags+plugin)