diff --git a/src/controllers/search.js b/src/controllers/search.js
index 82aed2b308..238c167709 100644
--- a/src/controllers/search.js
+++ b/src/controllers/search.js
@@ -29,11 +29,15 @@ searchController.search = async function (req, res, next) {
 		'search:tags': privileges.global.can('search:tags', req.uid),
 	});
 	req.query.in = req.query.in || meta.config.searchDefaultIn || 'titlesposts';
-	const allowed = (req.query.in === 'users' && userPrivileges['search:users']) ||
+	let allowed = (req.query.in === 'users' && userPrivileges['search:users']) ||
 					(req.query.in === 'tags' && userPrivileges['search:tags']) ||
 					(req.query.in === 'categories') ||
 					(['titles', 'titlesposts', 'posts'].includes(req.query.in) && userPrivileges['search:content']);
-
+	({ allowed } = await plugins.hooks.fire('filter:search.isAllowed', {
+		uid: req.uid,
+		query: req.query,
+		allowed,
+	}));
 	if (!allowed) {
 		return helpers.notAllowed(req, res);
 	}
diff --git a/src/search.js b/src/search.js
index a46934ff2f..c1463486d2 100644
--- a/src/search.js
+++ b/src/search.js
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ search.search = async function (data) {
 		result = await categories.search(data);
 	} else if (data.searchIn === 'tags') {
 		result = await topics.searchAndLoadTags(data);
+	} else if (data.searchIn) {
+		result = await plugins.hooks.fire('filter:search.searchIn', {
+			data,
+		});
 	} else {
 		throw new Error('[[error:unknown-search-filter]]');
 	}
@@ -108,6 +112,7 @@ async function searchInContent(data) {
 	returnData.posts = await posts.getPostSummaryByPids(metadata.pids, data.uid, {});
 	await plugins.hooks.fire('filter:search.contentGetResult', { result: returnData, data: data });
 	delete metadata.pids;
+	delete metadata.data;
 	return Object.assign(returnData, metadata);
 }