I am trying to type two or more words in the K2 Tools search box. However, I always get "No Results." However, if I search for a single word, it works fine. I see there was a bug report last year, but it was supposedly fixed. However, I am still seeing this issue.

Hello Michael,

Please apply this patch github.com/joomlaworks/k2/commit/03a1d2385118c2359c322e0a55db8703e66f5d55

This did help a little, but did not solve the problem completely. I can search for two or more words in the description of an item, now. However, I can't search for two words in a category name.

Example:

• Item = Item Number One
• Category = Category Number Two

If I search for "category two," the item does not show, only "No Results."

The search plugin searches within K2 items only.
It does not search for categories. If you want to add more advanced features eg: like searching categories, tag listings and extrafields you can use the Google Search functionality.

You can set this up in K2's settings.

Enabling "Google Search integration" in K2's Advanced Parameters breaks search altogether. I get only an search box on the search results page with the search term in it:
imgur.com/EwrlBYt

Searching for anything yields no results.

Did you double check its settings? Is the container class present in your template?

Krikor wrote: Did you double check its settings? Is the container class present in your template?

I changed the container ID settings from "k2GoogleSearchContainer" to "k2Container" and the search results displayed. However, the Google search layout is horrendous (granted I haven't customized a template for Google search, yet), and even though I get results for 2+ word searches, the results displayed are all over the place. It returns tag pages, item pages, category pages, etc.--it's a jumbled up mess.

More testing yielded that if I search for any number of words that are in the item text or extra fields, I get good results. However, if I search for 2+ words in a category name, I get zero results. But, if I search for 1 word in a category name, I get good results.

I believe there is still an issue with the K2 search function. However, from my findings, I believe I can create a (hidden) extra field to store the category for each item and then I should be able to get good results for 2+ word searches. I'll be testing this out in the next few days.

Let me know on your findings.
The Google layout can be changed but you will need a lot of !important overrides (these values where not put there by us).

Using a hidden extra field which carries the category name has resolved all issues. I'm using the standard K2 search, now. However, I would highly suggest including the category in searches to alleviate this issue. I could see where some might not want this, so have a Yes/No option for "Include category in search" in the K2 options sounds appropriate!