There are three primary categories of search terms: tags, meta-tags, and orders.
Tags
Tags are the most fundamental search terms. They describe the image and what's in it. When searching, tags are separated by spaces. So to search for screenshots containing dogs in snow, search for dog snow. Case does not matter. Words in tags are separated by underscores; for example, twilight_highlands. For a list of all tags in use in the gallery, click here.
Meta-tags
Meta-tags are additional data about screenshots, for example tag count, file size, date taken, etc. They are in the format metaname:value. The following meta-tags are available:
| Name | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id: | id:45 | ID of the screenshot in the database. Supports range syntax (below). |
| description: | description:stuck | The screenshot's description. Matches any part. |
| date: | date:2014-09-29 | Date the screenshot was taken. Dates are either in the format yyyy-mm-dd, yyyy-mm, yyyy, or a raw 10-digit timestamp. If month or day are omitted, searches entire given year or month. Supports range syntax (below). |
| version: | version:5.0 | The version of the game when the screenshot was taken. |
| desclength: | desclength:0 | The length of the screenshot's description field. Supports range syntax (below). |
| filenamelength: | filenamelength:15 | The length of the screenshot's directory and filename. Supports range syntax (below). |
| tagcount: | tagcount:3 | How many tags are on the screenshot. Supports range syntax (below). |
| filesize: | filesize:1M | File size of the screenshot. 'B' at end is optional (1M and 1MB are both valid and equal). Supports range syntax (below). |
| filename: | filename:img_ | Original filename of the screenshot. Matches any part. |
| hascategory: | hascategory:2 | Returns posts that have at least one tag from the given category. Mostly for internal use. |
| width: | width:1200 | Width of the image. |
| height: | height:768 | Height of the image. |
| ratio: | ratio:<1 | Aspect ratio of the image. >1 is wide, <1 is tall. |
| pixels: | pixels:<1000000 | Number of pixels in the image. Matches any part. |
| megapixels: | megapixels:1.9 | Similar to above, but multiplied by a million. |
Additionally, the following range formats are available for some meta-tags:
| Range Syntax | Description |
|---|---|
| 5 | Equals 5 |
| >5 | Greater than 5 |
| 5.. | Greater than or equal to 5 |
| >=5 | Greater than or equal to 5 |
| <5 | Less than 5 |
| ..5 | Less than or equal to 5 |
| <=5 | Less than or equal to 5 |
| 5..10 | Between 5 and 10 (inclusive) |
Order
Order tags allow you to sort the search results. You can append '_asc' to any order tag to sort it in reverse. For example, order:id_asc instead of order:id. The following order tags are available:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| order:id | Order by the screenshots's ID in the database, highest first. |
| order:date | Order by date taken, newest first. Usually very similar results to the above. |
| order:random | Order results randomly. |
| order:tagcount | Order by number of tags, most first |
| order:filesize | Order by file size, largest first. |
| order:desclength | Order by length of the description field, widest first. |
| order:filenamelength | Order by length of the screenshot's directory and filename, longest first. |
| order:width | Order by width, widest first. |
| order:height | Order by height, tallest first. |
| order:resolution | Order by number of pixels, most first. |
| order:ratio | Order by aspect ratio, widest/shortest first. order:wide and order:tall also work. |