Title: Search case sensitivity Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Search case sensitivity * [DavidSWP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidswp/) * (@davidswp) * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/) * Hi does anyone know how to stop the search function from being case sensitive? Alot of my visitors can’t find what they are looking for because the words in my post titles often start with a capital letter. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/page/2/?output_format=md) * [sevendotro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sevendotro/) * (@sevendotro) * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/#post-450710) * I have the same question 🙂 * Useing the search forums, I found this topic but read the last post: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/9704/page/2?replies=43#post-139661](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/9704/page/2?replies=43#post-139661) * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/#post-450711) * The search function in WordPress isn’t case sensitive at all. It would take quite a bit of work to make it case sensitive, actually. * [sevendotro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sevendotro/) * (@sevendotro) * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/#post-450712) * Otto42, you are really helpful :-S * When some one needs a sugestion/advice/help, an constructive one, don’t just waste your time or his time with empty words… you follow me? 🙂 * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/#post-450713) * … sevendotro, he answered your question. WP Search is NOT case-sensitive. There were no empty words there. * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/#post-450714) * How more helpful could I possibly be? * The question is how to make the thing not case sensitive. The answer is that it’s really not case sensitive in the first place. Really. Honest to god, no fooling, it’s *not* case sensitive. * If you think it is, then please, prove me wrong. Show me an example. Then I’ll really delve into it and try to solve your problem. Really. * But at the moment, nobody can answer your question, because the question itself is invalid. You can’t even make the search case sensitive in the first place, without quite a lot of effort. So the easy answer would be don’t put in that effort to make it case sensitive. * What more do you want? Blood? * [sevendotro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sevendotro/) * (@sevendotro) * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/#post-450715) * Guys, my english sux big time, I know that 🙂 and this is the big problem because I can’t find the words to explain the problem. * Take a look, pls: ex. 1: [http://www.iubescbrasovul.ro/?s=Taxe](http://www.iubescbrasovul.ro/?s=Taxe) then ex 2: [http://www.iubescbrasovul.ro/?s=taxe](http://www.iubescbrasovul.ro/?s=taxe) * **“Taxe” and “taxe” It’s the same** word, but WP dosen’t see the similitude. This is the problem. * PS: I like green tea 😀 * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/#post-450716) * What happens if you disable that search plugin you installed earlier today? * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/#post-450717) * Hmmm.. I don’t see how that’s possible. The only way I can figure is that the database is using some other language and a case sensitive collation in the process. However, I don’t know enough mySQL to deal with that easily. * There’s nothing in WordPress to make it case sensitive. It has to be the database somehow. * [sevendotro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sevendotro/) * (@sevendotro) * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/#post-450718) * It dosen’t matter if I disable the search_pages plug-in or not because it’s the same effect. * I will see about the mysql settings and thx for your understanding 😉 * [sevendotro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sevendotro/) * (@sevendotro) * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/#post-450719) * My team colleg eyecon from [http://www.iubescbrasovul.ro](http://www.iubescbrasovul.ro) has change the data base from ‘latin_bin’ to ‘latin_general_ci’ Search works fine 😉 * Thx guys for your sugestion 😉 * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/#post-450720) * Glad you got it sorted out. Could you mark this thread as “Resolved”? (pull-down menu at the top of the page). * Happy blogging! * [sevendotro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sevendotro/) * (@sevendotro) * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/#post-450721) * Sorry HandySolo, but I can’t make theard as “resolved” because the topic was started by DavidSWP 🙂 [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/86651?replies=12#post-442272](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/86651?replies=12#post-442272) not by me. * [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/) * (@handysolo) * [19 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/#post-450722) * Good point. Thanks for keeping me honest. 🙂 * [kenanoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kenanoff/) * (@kenanoff) * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/#post-450760) * Hi guys, I have the same problem. Sorry, my blog is in Bulgarian, but these are my samples: [http://www.kenanoff.com/wordpress/index.php?s=%D0%9E%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B9](http://www.kenanoff.com/wordpress/index.php?s=%D0%9E%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B9) and [http://www.kenanoff.com/wordpress/index.php?s=o%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B9](http://www.kenanoff.com/wordpress/index.php?s=o%D1%80%D1%84%D0%B5%D0%B9) The word searched is “Орфей” анд “орфей” – same word, only capitalization differ. Please help 10x * [kenanoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kenanoff/) * (@kenanoff) * [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/#post-450762) * Nobody can help?:( Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Search case sensitivity’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [case](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/case/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 17 replies * 6 participants * Last reply from: [kenanoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kenanoff/) * Last activity: [19 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-case-sensitivity/page/2/#post-450765) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics