Title: Search missing?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Search missing?

 *  Resolved [rickmesser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickmesser/)
 * (@rickmesser)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-missing-1/)
 * Can’t seem to understand how I lost the search & pagination during the upgrade?
   Everything else was seamless and the new design is great. But if I can’t get 
   the search to work I’ll have to find something else :-(.
 * I looked for conflicts and read through the documentation, but I’m not sure what
   to change. Can someone take a look?
 *  [http://www.hellwigproducts.com/customer-care/locate-a-dealer/california/](http://www.hellwigproducts.com/customer-care/locate-a-dealer/california/)
 * I’ll be happy to share the solution as widely as I can if I get this figured 
   out!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-missing-1/#post-4902007)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * The reason for this is that something (another plugin or maybe the theme) is 
   loading a very old (1.4.1) version of the jQuery JS library from the Google CDN,
   instead of simply using the latest version that ships with WordPress anyway.
   
   Can you think of a plugin (or the theme) that could be doing that?
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [rickmesser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickmesser/)
 * (@rickmesser)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-missing-1/#post-4902150)
 * Tobias, Gosh, SO many plugins on this site! I went into the chrome inspector 
   and deleted every line on the page that was loading any other javascript and 
   that didn’t seem to help. Is this a pretty normal reason for the plugin not working?
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-missing-1/#post-4902169)
 * Hi,
 * the problem with an outdated version of jQuery is that most plugins simply require
   a newer version. That older version of jQuery is simply missing some functions,
   and when another plugin (this is not limited to TablePress) calls one of those
   missing functions, the browser bails out and stops executing JavaScript entirely.
   
   A plugin should simply not be using its own and outdated version of jQuery, as
   that breaks compatibility with other plugins. So, yes, this is a pretty normal
   reason for plugins not working.
 * Deleting lines in the Chrome Inspector won’t really help, as that still doesn’t
   load the necessary up-to-date version of jQuery. You will basically need to find
   the plugin that loads that old version of jQuery, either by searching the source
   code for something like `wp_enqueue_script` or by temporarily deactivating other
   plugins one by one. Also, make sure to check the theme, as there are also themes
   that show this wrong behavior.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [rickmesser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickmesser/)
 * (@rickmesser)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-missing-1/#post-4902193)
 * Ok thanks very much Tobias, I will find the source. Maybe it’s the theme I made.
   I’ll post an update and close this topic when I find it.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-missing-1/#post-4902197)
 * Hi,
 * sounds good! If you really can’t find it, I can offer to take a direct look at
   this on your site. In that case, please create a temporary admin account for 
   me and send me the details via email (the address is in the main plugin file “
   tablepress.php”). That way, I can investigate this directly.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [rickmesser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickmesser/)
 * (@rickmesser)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-missing-1/#post-4902198)
 * Wow are you kidding? That’s awesome man. I will make an effort before I ask you
   to do that. I’ll try to get it tonight if not I’ll contact you. Thanks x1million!
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-missing-1/#post-4902212)
 * Hi,
 * no problem, always glad when I can help! Just let me know, if you can’t find 
   it.
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [rickmesser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickmesser/)
 * (@rickmesser)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-missing-1/#post-4902252)
 * Ok Tobias, I have updated every plugin, deleted every plugin that wasn’t activated,
   updated wordpress and I even found the old jquery version being loaded in the
   functions.php file of the theme. So I updated jquery to 1.11. However, I am still
   not seeing the search or pagination working. Any thoughts? Still need a temporary
   admin?
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-missing-1/#post-4902253)
 * Hi,
 * I would actually suggest to remove that entirely, as WordPress by default comes
   with the correct version of jQuery. Manually changing that to another version,
   or loading jQuery from somewhere else is discouraged.
 * If that’s not yet it, I’m now also seeing JS errors regarding the Fancybox for
   WordPress plugin. If the suggestion from above is not working, can you please
   try deactivating that temporarily?
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [rickmesser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rickmesser/)
 * (@rickmesser)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-missing-1/#post-4902257)
 * Got it! Disabling the fancybox plugin didn’t help, but when I took out the jquery
   from functions.php in the theme that worked! Thanks so much for your help!
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-missing-1/#post-4902258)
 * Hi,
 * very cool! Great to hear that everything is working now! 🙂
 * Best wishes,
    Tobias
 * P.S.: In case you haven’t, please [rate TablePress](http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/tablepress)
   here in the plugin directory. Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/search-missing-1/#post-4902258)
 * Status: resolved