Automattic / Automattic/jetpack

Taxonomy search terms Tags and Categories not working

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[Feature] Search [Plugin] Jetpack [Plugin] Search [Pri] Normal [Status] Needs Author Reply [Status] Stale Bug Customer Report [LEGACY] Instant Search Triaged
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Description

### Impacted plugin

Search, Jetpack

### What

I would like the search bar to look through categories and tags. It only sees filter type: post type. Taxonomy has been set to Categories and Tags, but it does not see these.

### How

![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/808bfc31-d69d-4c43-b013-4cb3dcadb456)
![Image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/976667c0-6e34-448b-ac8c-84395090aa7f)

Contributor guide

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Research direction

No file or test is named. Start by reproducing the issue in the Jetpack Search plugin with Categories and Tags selected in the taxonomy filter, then trace the Search plugin's taxonomy configuration and search-bar behavior. Done means category and tag terms are included in search results when those taxonomies are selected.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
php
Domain
search
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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