Media search returns nothing or breaks after updates
Media library search returns no results or stops working entirely after WordPress or plugin updates.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
6 public reports · first reported 14 May 2015 · last reported 9 September 2026
What's going wrong
Across many years of reviews and support topics, site owners say the media library search either returns no results at all or stops working outright.
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 6 reports are about, and how many came each month.
- Related problems.
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