Insert the search results macro
In June 2025, Atlassian announced the upcoming deprecation of the legacy editor as well as information about converting to the cloud editor.
Before the deprecation begins in January 2026, this macro will still work. See our article on legacy editor macros for more.
The Search Results macro searches your Confluence site based on search terms specified in the macro parameters, and displays the results on the wiki page.
Using the Search Results macro
To add the Search Results macro:
When editing, select from the toolbar
Find the macro by name and select it
Configure it as needed
You can also type / on the page to bring up the same list you'd see by selecting from the toolbar. Continue typing the name of the macro to filter the list.
To edit the Search Results macro:
Select the macro placeholder.
Select the Edit icon to open the configuration panel.
Configure the parameters. Your changes are saved as you go.
Resume editing the page, and the panel closes.
You can also select the centered , medium-width , and full-width icons to adjust the width of some macros. Select the trashcan iconto remove the macro.
Parameters
Parameters are options that you can set to control what and how content from the macro appears on a page or live doc.
If the parameter name used in Confluence Cloud storage format is different than the label used when inserting macros using the browser or the slash command, it will be listed below in brackets (example).
Parameter | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
Search Terms | none | The search terms which this macro will use to generate its results. For more information, take a look at the documentation on the Confluence search syntax. |
Maximum Number of Results | 10 | Set a limit to the number of search results displayed. |
Restrict to this Space Key | all | Start typing the space name to find the space, or specify the key of the space you want to search in. Note that the key is case sensitive. |
Content Type | all | Specify the content type. The content types are: page, comment, blogpost, attachment, userinfo (the content of user profiles only) and spacedesc (the content of space descriptions only). |
Last Modified | all | Specify a period of time in weeks, days, hours and/or minutes, to see the content modified within that time frame. These are the values you can use:
For example:
Notes:
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Restrict to this Username | all | Specify the username of a Confluence user, to show only content created or updated by that user. |
Wiki markup example
Wiki markup is useful when you need to add a macro outside the editor, for example as custom content in the sidebar, header or footer of a space.
Macro name: search
Macro body: None.
{search:lastModified=3w|query=choc|contributor=admin|maxLimit=10|type=page|spacekey=ds}
Permissions — When a user views the page containing the Search Results macro, the search results will show only pages and other content types for which the user has 'View' permission.
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