Tibi Search

Tibi search combines frontend suggestion UIs, WordPress REST endpoints, and Algolia-backed query overrides. Treat global search and Help search as separate user journeys.

Last modified: July 9, 2026

link Search Areas

Area	User-facing behavior	Primary code
Global header search	Lets users switch between library search and web search suggestions.	`packages/wordpress/themes/tibi/src/search.tsx`
Help search autocomplete	Searches `tibi-help` and `tibi-faq` while typing on Help surfaces.	`tibi/help-search`
Help landing result page	Converts Help landing `?s=` requests into paginated Help-only search results.	`packages/wordpress/themes/tibi/inc/templating.php`
Search query rules	Restricts old global search post types and controls Algolia overrides.	`packages/wordpress/themes/tibi/inc/query.php`, `inc/algolia.php`

link Global Search

The header search has two modes:

Mode	Suggestions	Submit target
Library	Fetches `/boker/search/suggestion?searchPhrase=...`	`/boker/søk?query=...`
Web	Fetches `/wp-json/wp/v2/search?search=...`	`/?s=...`

Readable result labels are normalized in search.tsx: post becomes Aktuelt, page becomes Side, brukerveiledninger and tibi-help become Brukerveiledning, and t2-faq/tibi-faq become Ofte stilte spørsmål.

link Help Search

Full block reference: Help search block.

Help autocomplete is exposed by tibi/help-search.

Piece	Behavior
REST endpoint	`GET /wp-json/tibi/v1/help-search?q={term}&per_page={number}`
Searched post types	`tibi-help`, `tibi-faq`
Response items	ID, title, URL, post type, readable type label.
Algolia flag	The query sets `use_algolia => true`, so Algolia can power the result ordering when available.
Minimum frontend length	Help autocomplete defaults to 2 characters.

The Help landing page has additional server-side behavior:

?s= on the Help landing page is forced into a real search query.
Results are limited to tibi-help and tibi-faq.
Pagination uses query-string URLs so /page/2/ does not break the landing-page request.
help-category is preserved during pagination and applied to the query.

link Algolia Rules

Tibi customizes Algolia in packages/wordpress/themes/tibi/inc/algolia.php.

Alphabetical sorting removes the unused descending title sort.
Proxy settings are added to the Algolia HTTP client when WordPress proxy constants are enabled.
Empty and too-short anti-spam filters are disabled at the Algolia layer, but query override is still blocked for empty searches and normalized searches shorter than 3 characters.
Help category filters are converted from a selected slug into the term name expected by Algolia filters.

link Legacy Search Restrictions

When the new Help version is not enabled, global search is restricted to:

post
page
t2-faq
brukerveiledninger

Dedicated Help searches are excluded from this restriction so tibi-help and tibi-faq continue to work.

link Editor Notes

Published titles matter because both global and Help suggestions display title text directly.
Help content must use the right Hjelpekategorier term if it should appear under category filtering.
If a published item does not appear in search, check indexing and post type eligibility before rewriting content.
Test on stage first: https://beta.tibi.no.

link Operational Checks

After search changes:

Rebuild/reindex the relevant Algolia index.
Test global search in both Library and Web modes.
Test Help autocomplete and the Help landing result page.
Test both Bokmal and Nynorsk terms where relevant.
Confirm no unpublished/private content appears in public search results.