Using Advanced Search

To see some of the advanced search options, click the magnifying glass in the upper right corner of any page, then click “Options.” This overlays on top of whatever page you are on, so as not to take you away from what you are currently viewing. The options included are the most commonly used search terms, however they are not an exhaustive list of available options. For a complete list, see the Search Terms section further below.

You can combine multiple search terms to refine your search results in a very exacting way. The URL provided in the results is a permalink and can be shared, bookmarked in your browser, or otherwise saved for future use. Here’s an example of how this works:

The following search returns posts about QNAP in topics that are open and which contain the iOS tag:

qnap tag:ios status:open

Permalink: https://forums.plex.tv/search?expanded=true&q=qnap%20tags%3Aios%20status%3Aopen

Search terms

Search Term Action Search Term Action
tag:single tag Contains 1 tag in:posted Topics I posted in
tags:tag1,tag2 (etc) Contains 1 or more tags in:tracking I’m tracking
tags:tag1+tag2 (etc) Contains all tags in:watching I’m watching
category:name In a category in:seen I’ve read
user:name Posted by user in:unseen I’ve not read
group:name Posted by user in group in:pinned Are pinned
badge:name Posted by user with badge in:unpinned Are not pinned
with:images Includes image(s) in:private In my private messages
after:date (Y/M/D) Posted after a date in:bookmarks In my bookmarks
before:date (Y/M/D) Posted before a date in:first First replies in topic
min_age:days Min age in days in:likes I’ve liked
max_age:days Max age in days in:wiki Posted as wikis
min_post_count:num Min number of replies status:open Topics are open
posts_count:num With exact reply count status:closed Topic are closed
order:latest Order by latest status:archived Topic are archived
order:views Order by views status:noreplies Topics with no replies
order:likes Order by likes status:single_user Topics with a 1 user

Searching for Employee Posts

Here are some examples for how you can combine search terms to search for posts made by employees.

Example A:

Searching for Plex employee posts about Roku:

tag: roku group: employees

(you could add a keyword to that or search without one)

Example B:

Search for Plex employee posts about both Windows PMS and Android mobile:

tags: server-windows+android-mobile group: employees

Example C:

Search for Plex employee posts in the Plex Media Server category:

category: plex-media-server group: employees

(you can also navigate to the category, check “search in…” and only add group: employees)

Searching for multiple tags by URL

Add intersection to the mix and you can search by multiple tags. Try this, or another combination of tags:

https://forums.plex.tv/tags/intersection/server-unraid/plex-web