Title: Search function returning all posts
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Search function returning all posts

 *  [Loco77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richieb799/)
 * (@richieb799)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-function-returning-all-posts/)
 * Hi, I have a problem where the search, archive and categories links in my sidebar
   are all returning every post starting with the most recent. It seems it is referring
   to the index.php rather than the search.php
 * can someone point me in the right direction to fix this?
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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Loco77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richieb799/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-function-returning-all-posts/)
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