Updates leave search returning no results
After recent updates, the search plugin returns no results for any query, so site owners must roll back to older versions.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 5 January 2026 · last reported 29 May 2026
What's going wrong
Site owners using the Better Search plugin report that after certain updates every search on their site returns an empty results page, even for simple keywords.
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.
No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.