Title: Search problems
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Search problems

 *  [epresets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epresets/)
 * (@epresets)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-problems-7/)
 * Good morning,
 * When I click search on a member directory and don’t put anything in the search
   box (i.e a blank search) the plugin shows all the registered members on the website.
 * As this is fairly newly launched website it is only showing a handful of members
   which makes the site look amateurish and will put off prospective customers.
 * Is there an option to pop up a message saying something like “You must enter 
   a search term” or something similar?
 * I can’t find it anywhere!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-member/)

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 *  [verysiberian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/verysiberian/)
 * (@verysiberian)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-problems-7/#post-7644330)
 * Hi,
 * This is normal behavior from the plugin. No such option exists without customization
   at this time, I am afraid.
 *  Plugin Author [Ultimate Member](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultimatemember/)
 * (@ultimatemember)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-problems-7/#post-7644479)
 * Hi,
 * Rob is correct. There is no option for this at the moment.
 * Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [epresets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epresets/)
 * (@epresets)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-problems-7/#post-7644494)
 * Not very good if you’re just launching a member website.
 * Who would want to join a site that had hardly any members?
 * Just tried UPME and they have a checkbox in their settings that says if a search
   is blank then return no records. Surely that wouldn’t be hard for you to code?
 *  Plugin Author [Ultimate Member](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultimatemember/)
 * (@ultimatemember)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-problems-7/#post-7644498)
 * Will discuss this with the team.
 * Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [epresets](https://wordpress.org/support/users/epresets/)
 * (@epresets)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-problems-7/#post-7644499)
 * Thanks, we’ll buy the extension pack once this has been implemented.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-problems-7/#post-7644499)
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