Title: Multiple Word Search
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Multiple Word Search

 *  Resolved [larrywillisva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/larrywillisva/)
 * (@larrywillisva)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-word-search/)
 * I’ve entered the term “half day” into keyword search field but the pages that
   I’ve added that term to are not being listed in top search. The earliest search
   result is #6 how can I resolve or enhance the searching of phrases.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/relevanssi/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/relevanssi/)

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 *  Thread Starter [larrywillisva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/larrywillisva/)
 * (@larrywillisva)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-word-search/#post-6800591)
 * [http://henricoschools.us/?s=half+day](http://henricoschools.us/?s=half+day)
 *  Plugin Author [Mikko Saari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msaari/)
 * (@msaari)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-word-search/#post-6800719)
 * [Use quotes like this](http://henricoschools.us/?s=%22half+day%22).
 *  Thread Starter [larrywillisva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/larrywillisva/)
 * (@larrywillisva)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-word-search/#post-6800760)
 * Thanks for the response.
 * Is there a way to make that search return without the quotes? While I’m familiar
   with refining searches with quotes, it’s our web patrons that aren’t as adapt
   to refining searches that I’m trying to support. So my goal was to push searches
   using “half day” to the pages returned when using quotes.
 *  Plugin Author [Mikko Saari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msaari/)
 * (@msaari)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-word-search/#post-6800815)
 * Not really. You can force all searches to use quotes, but that’s going to hurt
   more than help.
 * If you’re using an OR search, [this may help](http://www.relevanssi.com/knowledge-base/adding-extra-weight-to-and-results-in-an-or-search/)
   to get better results.
 * Some searches are worse than others; here both “half” and in particular “day”
   are not very good search terms as they are common, and there’s little that can
   be done about that.
 *  Thread Starter [larrywillisva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/larrywillisva/)
 * (@larrywillisva)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-word-search/#post-6800842)
 * Thanks for your response. Maybe, maybe down the road it could be added as an 
   option, I’m a novice PHP user and try to avoid making changes if possible. Not
   to say that I haven’t or can’t but I have so little time for research and development
   that I generally aim for a quick fix. Not your issue just my dilemma (based on
   the number of sites I manage).
 * All and all still one of my favorite plugins of all time well worth what we spent.
 *  Plugin Author [Mikko Saari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msaari/)
 * (@msaari)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-word-search/#post-6800866)
 * The phrase search is a lot more complicated than regular search and uses a lot
   more server resources. That’s why I don’t really recommend using it any more 
   than is necessary. It also doesn’t find everything the non-phrase search does.
 * The code snippet I gave above does improve OR search results a lot. It’s actually
   good enough that I might make it a part of the plugin at some point.

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