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Search syntax

Type words or a Sphinx search expression in the query box. The plugin uses this expression for full-text matching through SphinxQL.

Start with a few words, then narrow the search using these examples, inspired by recent posts on The Standard.

All words
unemployment statistics

Find both words, anywhere in the indexed text. A space means AND; unemployment & statistics also works.

A phrase
"data centres"

Find these words next to each other, in this order. Use straight double quotes, as shown.

Either word
Labour | National

Find either word. Use the vertical bar for OR.

Leave a word out
election -Trump

Find election while excluding Trump. election !Trump also works. Include a positive search word; -Trump on its own is not a valid search.

Group alternatives
(Labour | National) unemployment

Find unemployment together with either Labour or National. Parentheses make combinations easier to read.

Words near each other
"coalition government"~5

Find these words close together, in either order, allowing fewer than five intervening words.

In a title
@title "data centres"

Find the phrase in a post or page title. Comments have no indexed title; select Posts for articles only.

In the body
@body "tactical voting"

Find the phrase in the text of a post, page or comment.

By an author
@author lprent @body search

Find search in the body of items whose indexed author name contains lprent. Use the displayed author or commenter name, which may differ from a login name.

In a category
@category politics

Match words in indexed category names. Use the Categories checkboxes to select a specific category and its descendants.

In a tag
@tags election

Match words in indexed tag names. Use the Tags checkboxes to select a specific tag. Comments inherit their parent post’s categories and tags.

Combine fields
@title election @body (Labour | National)

Require election in the title and either Labour or National in the body. A field applies to following words until another field or the end of its parenthesized group. @* switches back to all fields.

Which fields work with @?

The current index supports @title, @body, @author, @author_full, @category and @tags. @author_full lprent searches the same author text as @author lprent; it uses the same word-matching rules.

The date columns published_utc, calendar_day and date_added are numeric attributes used for filtering, date counts or ordering. They cannot be searched with @: expressions such as @published_utc 2026 or @calendar_day 20261107 produce a query error. Use the From and To (inclusive) controls for dates.

Likewise, use Content for posts, pages or comments, and the Categories and Tags checkboxes for specific terms. Their numeric IDs and content-type attributes cannot be searched with @.

For example, enter @title election, select Posts, set From to 2026-01-01 and To (inclusive) to 2026-11-07, then press Search. This combines the title search with an inclusive date range in the site’s time zone.

Find recent posts

Select Posts only and Newest first. In Text Search or Archive Explorer, set From to one year ago and To (inclusive) to today, then press Search. The sidebar opens Text Search, where you can add these dates. For comments, the date range uses the comment’s own date.

Try @title election, @title "data centres" or unemployment statistics. Recent starting points:

If the results surprise you

Check Content and the date, category and tag filters. English word endings may match the same stem, so quotes fix word order rather than spelling. Wildcard searches such as elect* require index settings that the plugin’s default configuration does not enable.

Enter the expression itself in the box; choose dates and ordering with the controls. For example, use Labour | National for alternatives.

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Names open category archives. Check boxes to combine filters, including subcategories.

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Tags

Popular tags and your selections. Names open tag archives; check boxes to combine filters.

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The cost of capitalism

· weka

https://twitter.com/reveal/status/1199032503392227329 Dixon’s scan rate—more than300 items an hour, thousands of individual products a day—was being tracked constantly, the data flowing to managers in real time, then crunched by a proprietary software system called ADAPT. She knew, like the thousands of other workers there, that if…

capitalism Economy Unions workers' rights

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Open mike 27/11/2019

· notices and features

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Daily review 26/11/2019

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Open mike 26/11/2019

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Daily review 25/11/2019

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Open mike 25/11/2019

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People vs Oil: activists are occupying the OMV support vessel

· notices and features

https://twitter.com/SianaFitzjohn/status/1198358354927599616 https://twitter.com/GreenpeaceNZ/status/1198324073899577344 https://twitter.com/ecomanda/status/1198354791379828736 https://twitter.com/GreenpeaceNZ/status/1198361163454566400 Greenpeace NZ press release: The Bahamas-flagged Skandi Atlantic was preparing to leave the Port of Timaru and travel north to meet the 34,000 tonne oil rig commissioned by OMV, now stationed off the coast of Taranaki. OMV is about to begin…

climate change

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Open mike 24/11/2019

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How To Get There 24/11/19

· notices and features

  This post is a place for positive discussion of the future. An Open Mike for ideas, solutions and the discussion of the possible. The Big Picture, rather than a snapshot of the day’s goings on. Topics rather than topical. We’d like to think it’s…

Deep stuff

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Never Trump

· advantage

In the world of United States Democrat Presidential candidate polling, Joe Biden is the standout and has been through 2019. So far we can trust the people on who they think most confidently gets rid of Trump. While the impeachment Congress hearings and then probable…

Donald Trump elections Politics uncategorized us politics

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Open mike 23/11/2019

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Daily review 22/11/2019

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Are the UK media biased?

· nickkelly

Originally posted on Nick Kelly's blog Accusations of media bias are nothing new. It is impossible to be totally objective, and to claim otherwise is simply misleading. In a democracy, the role of the forth estate is critical. Media are one of the main ways people…

boris johnson Jeremy Corbyn Media Politics uk politics

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Climate action: everything we do matters

· weka

https://twitter.com/mrbenjaminlaw/status/1197344181103935488 https://twitter.com/isobelroe/status/1197235272645169152 https://twitter.com/ClimateHuman/status/1197400240489299968 Shit keeps getting more real. Despite the immensity of what we face, I am less concerned about us having the technical skills to transition than I am about the number of people still thinking that green BAU will save us. I wonder…

climate change

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Open mike 22/11/2019

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Daily review 21/11/2019

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Open mike 21/11/2019

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Daily review 20/11/2019

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Hypocrite

· mickysavage

LPrent has posted this morning on the latest involving the New Zealand First electoral donations problem.  I set out my initial view yesterday that the arrangement appeared to be cute but legal. There was a further disclosure this morning, that the foundation paid for the…

election 2020 election funding elections electoral commission electoral systems jacinda ardern national nz first politicans same old national Simon Bridges uncategorized winston peters

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Open mike 20/11/2019

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