For years I've been able to use a direct URL to search the WordPress code reference for functions, hooks, etc: one such URL would be https://developer.wordpress.org/?s=get_posts. (This is also the URL that I will be sent to if I use a "bang search" on DuckDuckGo such as !wpdev get_posts.)
Today, when I arrived at that URL, the page was empty, much the same as the old dreaded White Screen of Death. No content, not even any source. I honestly thought the developer site was down.
When I tried again later, I had the same result, but this time I tried going to https://developer.wordpress.org/ and the site loaded. I clicked through to the Code Reference and searched for get_posts using the search box, which loaded the results in a modal window (a new wrinkle). I did notice that the URL in the browser's address bar for this modal was, in fact, https://developer.wordpress.org/?s=get_posts.
Is there a compelling reason to break the direct search like this? Or is this an oversight, something that got missed in a design update?
For years I've been able to use a direct URL to search the WordPress code reference for functions, hooks, etc: one such URL would be
https://developer.wordpress.org/?s=get_posts. (This is also the URL that I will be sent to if I use a "bang search" on DuckDuckGo such as!wpdev get_posts.)Today, when I arrived at that URL, the page was empty, much the same as the old dreaded White Screen of Death. No content, not even any source. I honestly thought the developer site was down.
When I tried again later, I had the same result, but this time I tried going to
https://developer.wordpress.org/and the site loaded. I clicked through to the Code Reference and searched forget_postsusing the search box, which loaded the results in a modal window (a new wrinkle). I did notice that the URL in the browser's address bar for this modal was, in fact,https://developer.wordpress.org/?s=get_posts.Is there a compelling reason to break the direct search like this? Or is this an oversight, something that got missed in a design update?