# Using search box to search on two forums at once, is it possible?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-search-box-to-search-on-two-forums-at-once-is-it-possible/83050
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [3월 15, 2018, 9:27오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-search-box-to-search-on-two-forums-at-once-is-it-possible/83050 "2018-03-15T09:27:11Z")
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### Author:  [@Ivan\_Rapekas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ivan_Rapekas)
#### Post date: [3월 15, 2018, 9:27오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-search-box-to-search-on-two-forums-at-once-is-it-possible/83050/1 "2018-03-15T09:27:11Z")
Hi, I am an admin of two forums for java developers with different language (`en` and `ru`). Both forums have many similar questions and usually they have exactly the same text (java code, log files, json examples etc).
I’d like users from `ru` forum can search both forums at once using only one search box, for instance, for the query `NullPointerException`. Is it possible to achieve this?
I found similar solution for [Wordpress+Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-forum-search-results-to-wordpress-search/68782), but how to make the same for Discourse+Discourse? 🙂
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [3월 15, 2018, 10:47오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-search-box-to-search-on-two-forums-at-once-is-it-possible/83050/2 "2018-03-15T10:47:23Z")
As far @as I know you cannot. Other forums I’ve seen have multiple languages in a single forum. You could use category export/import to merge, I think.
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### Author:  [@vinothkannans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinothkannans)
#### Post date: [3월 15, 2018, 11:21오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-search-box-to-search-on-two-forums-at-once-is-it-possible/83050/3 "2018-03-15T11:21:56Z")
You can do it via a custom plugin.
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### Author:  [@Ivan\_Rapekas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ivan_Rapekas)
#### Post date: [3월 15, 2018, 11:36오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-search-box-to-search-on-two-forums-at-once-is-it-possible/83050/4 "2018-03-15T11:36:03Z")
> [@pfaffman](#):
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> You could use category export/import to merge, I think.
Thank you for your reply and valuable suggestion! But unfortunately this is not a desired solution for the developers’ community.
Initially English was chosen as a universal language to talk, but we could not say ‘No’ to native Russians who probably is not familiar to fluent English. Thanks to the second forum, they can fully participate in discussions. As a discussion platform, it must be a separate instance. Native community grows such way, I hope non-English speaking people understand me.
> [@vinothkannans](#):
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> You can do it via a custom plugin.
Ok, thank you for the given direction!
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [6월 8, 2024, 12:37오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-search-box-to-search-on-two-forums-at-once-is-it-possible/83050/5 "2024-06-08T12:37:41Z")
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