Search Regex can search through data on your WordPress site. The kind of data is determined by the source. For example, the source could be your posts or comments.
A source matches up to a WordPress database table. You can search across multiple sources at once.
Picking your source
You can pick your source from the ‘source’ section of the search form:
The sources are grouped into Standard, Advanced, and Custom.
Standard source type
A standard source type is any of the standard WordPress database table. These tables will be used for the majority of your content.
- Posts (posts, pages, and custom post types)
- Comments
- Users
- Options
Advanced source type
These are more advanced sources that contain meta data (data about data).
Custom source type
Certain plugins can extend Search Regex. The following plugins are supported: