# Search bar tips text replacement not applying

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-bar-tips-text-replacement-not-applying/393096>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [January 9, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-bar-tips-text-replacement-not-applying/393096 "2026-01-09T17:42:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![shapelychops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/shapelychops/32/538422_2.png) [@shapelychops](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shapelychops)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-bar-tips-text-replacement-not-applying/393096/1 "2026-01-09T17:42:03Z")

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We’re changing some of the default Discourse terms for use in our forum (eg. Category to Forum, Topic to Thread) and ran into an issue with the search bar tips.

I’ve changed what seems to be the correct Site Text, though it’s possible these are not correct since I couldn’t verify it against a translation using enableverboselocalization.

In the attached screenshot, I’ve underlined the text we’re trying to change and circled the site text I suspect is the correct counterpart. Something curious I noticed just before taking this was that when I clicked Edit on js.search.tips.status it showed the text as “filters by topic status” but still had the “edited” highlight on it.

 ![search bar tips issue](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/5/d/0/5d03937d56c48f18f7641e5931c23a38e8f8607c.png)

Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated!

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