Title: Bulk search exclude doesn't work Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # Bulk search exclude doesn't work * Resolved [trenzterra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trenzterra/) * (@trenzterra) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-search-exclude-doesnt-work/) * Hi, just installed the plugin today, and it works fine when I navigate to each page and exclude them from my search result. * However, when I try to change “Show in Search Results” to ‘Hide’ as a Bulk Action, it doesn’t seem to have any effect and still shows up as per normal in my search results. * Is this a bug? * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-exclude/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-exclude/) Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * Plugin Contributor [pronskiy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pronskiy/) * (@pronskiy) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-search-exclude-doesnt-work/#post-5819688) * Hello, * Thanks for reporting the problem! Could you please provide me with additional information so that I could debug this. Would be good to have version of WordPress and list of plugins installed with their versions as well. I would appreciate this a lot! * Thank you, Roman * Thread Starter [trenzterra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trenzterra/) * (@trenzterra) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-search-exclude-doesnt-work/#post-5819690) * I’m using WordPress 4.1.1. I tried on a spare, vanilla installation and it didn’t work as well. * The bug only appears when you’re trying to do it as a Bulk Action. When I use the Quick Edit feature for each post, I am able to exclude it successfully. * Plugin Contributor [pronskiy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pronskiy/) * (@pronskiy) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-search-exclude-doesnt-work/#post-5819894) * Hi, * I tried to reproduce the bug on vanilla WP 4.1.1 Installation, but could not, works fine for me. Please check this screencast that I made: [search_exclude_WP-4.1.1_bulk_hide.gif](https://habrastorage.org/files/b9f/91e/7d0/b9f91e7d0ee9449ea4c787cef61c0664.gif) * Probably this is a platform specific bug. Could you please tell me what OS and browser are you using? * Thanks, Roman * Thread Starter [trenzterra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trenzterra/) * (@trenzterra) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-search-exclude-doesnt-work/#post-5819895) * It’s strange, but it seems to work fine now on my main installation. On my spare installation I still get the same problem, but I guess it wasn’t updated recently enough. On my spare I need to execute the bulk action twice before it’ll take effect. * EDIT: I just tried on my spare again. Apparently it seems I need to first select all, edit, set to Visible or Hidden, update (basically all the steps that you did) and then from then on, even if I use the Bulk Actions on a few pages (not all), they would take effect immediately. Before that, if I used the Bulk Actions on just a few pages, I need to execute it twice before the changes apply. * EDIT2: Seems like it’s happening again once I clear my cache and cookies… Could you test using the bulk actions on just one or two items with your cache/cookies cleared, instead of the whole chunk? Thank you! 🙂 * Plugin Contributor [pronskiy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pronskiy/) * (@pronskiy) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-search-exclude-doesnt-work/#post-5819901) * I was able to reproduce the problem but only in FireFox. Is this the browser you use? Thank you a lot for helping to reproduce it!!! * Will fix it and let you know when I push update. Thanks again! * Thread Starter [trenzterra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trenzterra/) * (@trenzterra) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-search-exclude-doesnt-work/#post-5819902) * Yep, I used Firefox when I discovered the bug. Seems to happen to me on Chrome as well though! * [Ravikumar Patel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ravipatel/) * (@ravipatel) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-search-exclude-doesnt-work/#post-5819976) * How to fix this issue in firefox? * [bobo8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobo8/) * (@bobo8) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-search-exclude-doesnt-work/#post-5819981) * I have the same problem, bulk edit does’nt work on FF (on Opera it works). Windows XP, FF and WP updated. No problem for me, but others could have. * Plugin Contributor [pronskiy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pronskiy/) * (@pronskiy) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-search-exclude-doesnt-work/#post-5819982) * Issue is fixed in plugin version 1.2.2. Please update and let me know if it works for you. * Cheers! -Roman Pronskiy * [bobo8](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobo8/) * (@bobo8) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-search-exclude-doesnt-work/#post-5819983) * Now it works in FF, many thanks. 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