Title: Searching Drafts
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Searching Drafts

 *  Resolved [anielsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anielsen/)
 * (@anielsen)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searching-drafts/)
 * According to the change log version 3.0.4 added the ability to search items with
   the status of draft:
    `Phrases are now also recognized in drafts and attachments.`
 * But this functionality doesn’t seem to be working for me.
 * I have the Twenty Twelve theme activated and all other plugins are disabled.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/relevanssi/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/relevanssi/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Mikko Saari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msaari/)
 * (@msaari)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searching-drafts/#post-3291687)
 * Drafts are only shown in admin search.
 *  Thread Starter [anielsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anielsen/)
 * (@anielsen)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searching-drafts/#post-3291691)
 * Thanks for the reply, but I’m not sure I understand. Can I use this plugin to
   search for Posts with a status of Draft when I’m not in the Dashboard?
 *  Plugin Author [Mikko Saari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msaari/)
 * (@msaari)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searching-drafts/#post-3291695)
 * No, you can’t, only in admin dashboard. Drafts are private by nature, and thus
   for the sake of convenience, Relevanssi doesn’t allow them to be searched outside
   admin dashboard.

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 * Last reply from: [Mikko Saari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msaari/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/searching-drafts/#post-3291695)
 * Status: resolved