## Search

By default all searched terms must match. Searches are case-insensitive.

quoted phrase "search" | Use quotes to search for an exact word or phrase. "george washington"
either term OR search | Add an OR between words. john OR bill
exclude NOT search -search | Add a dash (-) or NOT before a word to exclude from search. Note that NOT acts as a filtering operator so you cannot have a search containing only NOT operators. You cannot combine OR with NOT (john OR NOT bill is not valid) george washington NOT bush
grouping () | (mother OR father) AND (daugther OR son)

tag: tags: | Searches only in tag names without looking at photo titles or descriptions. tag:john, tag:(john OR bill)
photo: photos: | Searches only for photos with the given words in title or description. photo:John
file: | Searches by file name. file:DSC_
author: | Searches by author. author:John
created: taken: shot: | Searches photos by taken date. taken:2003 photos taken in 2003 taken:20035,taken:2003-5,taken:2003-05 photos from may 2003 taken:2003..2008 photos from 2003 to 2008 taken:>2008,taken:2008*,taken:2008.. photos after Jan 1st 2008
posted: | Searches photos by posted date.
width: height: | Searches photos with a given width or height.
size: | Searches photos by size in pixels size:5m returns photos of 5 megapixels size:>12m returns photos of 12 megapixels or more
ratio: | Searches photos by width/height ratio. ratio:3/4 OR ratio:4/3 finds photos from compact cameras in portrait or landscape modes ratio:>16/9 finds panoramas
hits: |
score: rating: | Hint: score:* will give you all photos with at least one vote. score: will give you photos without votes.
filesize: | Searches photos by file size filesize:1m..10m finds files between 1MB and 10MB.
id: | Searches photos by its numeric identifier in Piwigo id:123..126 finds photo 123 to 126 (it may find between 0 and 4 photos, because photos can be deleted).