Custom post type search empty after 4.14 update
Search returns no results for custom post types after the 4.14 update, especially with category exclusions set.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 20 May 2026 · last reported 27 May 2026
What's going wrong
After updating to the 4.14 releases, some site owners found that search stopped returning anything for custom post types.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
- The full summary.
- The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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