[kwlug-disc] Search engine that actually searches for strings

[Paul Nijjar]

On Thu, Sep 21, 2023 at 09:24:25AM -0400, Chris Frey wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 11:19:35PM -0400, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> > wordpress.com recently changed its comment form. You used to be able
> > to enter in an email and name without Javascript, and you could submit
> > a comment. Now they have changed to something that uses the string
> > "verbum" in its class names.
> 
> I've experienced similar frustration, but in this case, I did a search
> for "verbum" on the wordpress git repo, and found nothing.  So I'm
> wondering where this term came from in the first place.  This may
> give a clue why it's so hard to find.

I am also wondering where this came from!

The new style comment widget has a bunch of classes like this:

<div class="verbum-form "></div>
<div id="comment-form__verbum" class="transparent">


As far as I can tell the old comment form did not have this string
"verbum" in the classes. So in this case that is what I was looking
for. My guess is that it is some kind of plugin, but why is it being
enabled by default on people's sites when they have made no
configuration changes?


I tried my search on Google and got Doug's results. (So was I making
things up before? Why do I remember it being useless? Maybe I am crazy
in addition to being a dinosaur? Or maybe I am a pathological liar?)

- Paul


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