A search for more than one word will find pages that contain all of the words. Use quotation marks to search for a phrase. Also use quotes for text with punctuation or special characters.
To limit your search to a single group, enter the group name followed by a slash at the beginning of the search string (e.g., "Pictures/" or "Officers/"). To list all pages, enter a slash for the search.
| Enter | To find pages containing |
| pirate gold | both 'pirate' and 'gold' |
| "pirate gold" | the phrase 'pirate gold' |
| Pictures/pirate | 'pirate' in the Pictures group |
| "Pictures/pirate" | the phrase 'Pictures/pirate' in all groups |
| pirate -gold | 'pirate', omitting those containing 'gold' |
| treasure -"pirate gold" | 'treasure', omitting those containing 'pirate gold' |
| pirate "-gold" | the words 'pirate' and '-gold' |
| pirate - gold | 'pirate', '-', and 'gold' |
| "gold:" | the word 'gold' with a colon |
| "gold=treasure" | the phrase 'gold=treasure' |
Some special characters need to be enclosed in quotes, including the colon (:), equals sign (=), single quote (') and double quote(").
For advanced searches, PmWiki/PageLists parameters (count, group, fmt, link, list, order, and trail) can be entered together with the search string.