Title: Boolean search
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Boolean search

 *  Resolved [mmm222](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmm222/)
 * (@mmm222)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/boolean-search/)
 * I’m not getting the results I expect with the Boolean setting. If I put “WordPress
   AND first” or “+Wordpress +first” in my site’s search box, shouldn’t all the 
   results have both WordPress and first in them? I’m getting results that only 
   have one word in them. The site is currently hosted locally so I can’t provide
   a URL.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-search/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-search/)

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 *  Thread Starter [mmm222](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmm222/)
 * (@mmm222)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/boolean-search/#post-3820818)
 * Actually, I just discovered that some words are apparently not indexed. Other
   words in the same post with the unindexed word are indexed and found by search.???
 *  Plugin Author [Ajay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajay/)
 * (@ajay)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/boolean-search/#post-3820852)
 * Is there a way you were able to get which words were indexed or not indexed?
 * If I am not wrong, the way the mySQL FULLTEXT table is created by eliminating
   the most common words / stop words.
 * You can see the list at [https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/fulltext-stopwords.html](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/fulltext-stopwords.html)
 *  Thread Starter [mmm222](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmm222/)
 * (@mmm222)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/boolean-search/#post-3820875)
 * It seems that was the issue! Thank you for the prompt response.
 *  Plugin Author [Ajay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajay/)
 * (@ajay)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/boolean-search/#post-3820882)
 * You’re welcome !

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 * Last reply from: [Ajay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajay/)
 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/boolean-search/#post-3820882)
 * Status: resolved