This guide covers all available search options and features on Overgrow.com, and provides useful tips and tricks for using the search function.
Filters
Here’s a comprehensive list of available filters:
| Syntax | Description |
|---|---|
in:personal-direct |
Returns posts in personal messages between two users only |
in:all |
Returns posts from public topics and personal messages |
in:tagged |
Returns posts from topics that have at least one tag |
in:untagged |
Returns posts from topics with no tags |
in:seen |
Returns posts you’ve seen (for logged-in users) |
in:unseen |
Returns posts you haven’t seen (for logged-in users) |
in:wiki |
Returns wiki posts |
in:watching |
Returns posts from topics you’re watching |
in:tracking |
Returns posts from topics you’re tracking |
posts_count:X |
Returns posts from topics that have exactly X posts |
min_posts:X |
Returns posts from topics with at least X posts |
max_posts:X |
Returns posts from topics with at most X posts |
min_views:X |
Returns posts from topics with at least X views |
max_views:X |
Returns posts from topics with at most X views |
badge:name_or_id |
Returns posts linked to a specific badge grant |
created:@username |
Returns posts from topics created by username |
group:group_name |
Returns posts from users within the group_name group |
group_messages:group_name |
Returns posts from personal messages sent to the group_name group |
-tags:tag1,tag2,tag3 |
Returns posts not tagged with tag1, tag2, or tag3 |
filetypes:ext1,ext2,ext3 |
Returns posts with uploads of ext1, ext2, or ext3 file extensions |
categories:category1,category2 |
Returns posts from the categories category1 and category2 |
status:open |
Returns posts from topics that are not closed or archived |
status:closed |
Returns posts from closed topics |
status:archived |
Returns posts from archived topics |
status:noreplies |
Returns posts from topics with no replies |
status:single_user |
Returns posts from topics with posts from only one user |
status:public |
Returns posts from topics in public categories |
before:YYYY-MM-DD |
Returns posts created before the specified date |
after:YYYY-MM-DD |
Returns posts created after the specified date |
with:images |
Returns posts containing images |
Order
You can sort your search results using the following order options:
| Syntax | Description |
|---|---|
order:latest |
Sorts results from newest to oldest |
order:oldest |
Sorts results from oldest to newest |
order:latest_topic |
Sorts results by topic date, from newest to oldest |
order:oldest_topic |
Sorts results by topic date, from oldest to newest |
order:views |
Sorts results by number of views |
order:likes |
Sorts results by number of likes |
Aliases
Several aliases are provided to make searching easier:
| Syntax | Equivalent |
|---|---|
l |
order:latest |
in:personal |
in:messages |
min_post_count: |
min_post: |
in:mine |
in:created |
category: |
categories: |
# |
Can be used for both categories and tags, depending on context |
user: |
@ |
@me |
@your_own_username |
f |
in:first |
t |
in:title |
Searching for Exact Words
Our software uses a technique called Stemming to find related words. While this is often helpful, there may be times when you want to search for an exact word. You can do this by enclosing your word with spaces and double quotes, like so: " term ".
This ensures that it will search only for the word “term” and exclude other related words.
Note that because the spaces are considered part of the search term, it will not return “term” if it’s the first or the last word of a post since it won’t be preceded or followed by a space.
