diff --git a/app/Entities/Models/Entity.php b/app/Entities/Models/Entity.php
index 77393cbbc4e..b47a029ece8 100644
--- a/app/Entities/Models/Entity.php
+++ b/app/Entities/Models/Entity.php
@@ -471,4 +471,17 @@ protected function getContentsAttributes(): array
 
         return $contentFields;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new instance for the given entity type.
+     */
+    public static function instanceFromType(string $type): self
+    {
+        return match ($type) {
+            'page' => new Page(),
+            'chapter' => new Chapter(),
+            'book' => new Book(),
+            'bookshelf' => new Bookshelf(),
+        };
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Entities/Models/EntityTable.php b/app/Entities/Models/EntityTable.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5780162d1d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Entities/Models/EntityTable.php
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BookStack\Entities\Models;
+
+use BookStack\Activity\Models\Tag;
+use BookStack\Activity\Models\View;
+use BookStack\App\Model;
+use BookStack\Permissions\Models\EntityPermission;
+use BookStack\Permissions\Models\JointPermission;
+use BookStack\Permissions\PermissionApplicator;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\HasMany;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\MorphMany;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
+
+/**
+ * This is a simplistic model interpretation of a generic Entity used to query and represent
+ * that database abstractly. Generally, this should rarely be used outside queries.
+ */
+class EntityTable extends Model
+{
+    use SoftDeletes;
+
+    protected $table = 'entities';
+
+    /**
+     * Get the entities that are visible to the current user.
+     */
+    public function scopeVisible(Builder $query): Builder
+    {
+        return app()->make(PermissionApplicator::class)->restrictEntityQuery($query);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the entity jointPermissions this is connected to.
+     */
+    public function jointPermissions(): HasMany
+    {
+        return $this->hasMany(JointPermission::class, 'entity_id')
+            ->whereColumn('entity_type', '=', 'entities.type');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the Tags that have been assigned to entities.
+     */
+    public function tags(): HasMany
+    {
+        return $this->hasMany(Tag::class, 'entity_id')
+            ->whereColumn('entity_type', '=', 'entities.type');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the assigned permissions.
+     */
+    public function permissions(): HasMany
+    {
+        return $this->hasMany(EntityPermission::class, 'entity_id')
+            ->whereColumn('entity_type', '=', 'entities.type');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get View objects for this entity.
+     */
+    public function views(): HasMany
+    {
+        return $this->hasMany(View::class, 'viewable_id')
+            ->whereColumn('viewable_type', '=', 'entities.type');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Entities/Queries/EntityQueries.php b/app/Entities/Queries/EntityQueries.php
index a7a037916d5..91c6a43633d 100644
--- a/app/Entities/Queries/EntityQueries.php
+++ b/app/Entities/Queries/EntityQueries.php
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 namespace BookStack\Entities\Queries;
 
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Entity;
+use BookStack\Entities\Models\EntityTable;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
+use Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder as QueryBuilder;
+use Illuminate\Database\Query\JoinClause;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 
 class EntityQueries
@@ -32,12 +36,37 @@ public function findVisibleByStringIdentifier(string $identifier): ?Entity
         return $queries->findVisibleById($entityId);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Start a query across all entity types.
+     * Combines the description/text fields into a single 'description' field.
+     * @return Builder<EntityTable>
+     */
+    public function visibleForList(): Builder
+    {
+        $rawDescriptionField = DB::raw('COALESCE(description, text) as description');
+        $bookSlugSelect = function (QueryBuilder $query) {
+            return $query->select('slug')->from('entities as books')
+                ->whereColumn('books.id', '=', 'entities.book_id')
+                ->where('type', '=', 'book');
+        };
+
+        return EntityTable::query()->scopes('visible')
+            ->select(['id', 'type', 'name', 'slug', 'book_id', 'chapter_id', 'created_at', 'updated_at', 'draft', 'book_slug' => $bookSlugSelect, $rawDescriptionField])
+            ->leftJoin('entity_container_data', function (JoinClause $join) {
+                $join->on('entity_container_data.entity_id', '=', 'entities.id')
+                    ->on('entity_container_data.entity_type', '=', 'entities.type');
+            })->leftJoin('entity_page_data', function (JoinClause $join) {
+                $join->on('entity_page_data.page_id', '=', 'entities.id')
+                    ->where('entities.type', '=', 'page');
+            });
+    }
+
     /**
      * Start a query of visible entities of the given type,
      * suitable for listing display.
      * @return Builder<Entity>
      */
-    public function visibleForList(string $entityType): Builder
+    public function visibleForListForType(string $entityType): Builder
     {
         $queries = $this->getQueriesForType($entityType);
         return $queries->visibleForList();
@@ -48,7 +77,7 @@ public function visibleForList(string $entityType): Builder
      * suitable for using the contents of the items.
      * @return Builder<Entity>
      */
-    public function visibleForContent(string $entityType): Builder
+    public function visibleForContentForType(string $entityType): Builder
     {
         $queries = $this->getQueriesForType($entityType);
         return $queries->visibleForContent();
diff --git a/app/Entities/Tools/EntityHydrator.php b/app/Entities/Tools/EntityHydrator.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..87e39d222ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Entities/Tools/EntityHydrator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BookStack\Entities\Tools;
+
+use BookStack\Activity\Models\Tag;
+use BookStack\Entities\Models\Chapter;
+use BookStack\Entities\Models\Entity;
+use BookStack\Entities\Models\EntityTable;
+use BookStack\Entities\Models\Page;
+use BookStack\Entities\Queries\EntityQueries;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection;
+
+class EntityHydrator
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        protected EntityQueries $entityQueries,
+    ) {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Hydrate the entities of this hydrator to return a list of entities represented
+     * in their original intended models.
+     * @param EntityTable[] $entities
+     * @return Entity[]
+     */
+    public function hydrate(array $entities, bool $loadTags = false, bool $loadParents = false): array
+    {
+        $hydrated = [];
+
+        foreach ($entities as $entity) {
+            $data = $entity->getRawOriginal();
+            $instance = Entity::instanceFromType($entity->type);
+
+            if ($instance instanceof Page) {
+                $data['text'] = $data['description'];
+                unset($data['description']);
+            }
+
+            $instance = $instance->setRawAttributes($data, true);
+            $hydrated[] = $instance;
+        }
+
+        if ($loadTags) {
+            $this->loadTagsIntoModels($hydrated);
+        }
+
+        if ($loadParents) {
+            $this->loadParentsIntoModels($hydrated);
+        }
+
+        return $hydrated;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Entity[] $entities
+     */
+    protected function loadTagsIntoModels(array $entities): void
+    {
+        $idsByType = [];
+        $entityMap = [];
+        foreach ($entities as $entity) {
+            if (!isset($idsByType[$entity->type])) {
+                $idsByType[$entity->type] = [];
+            }
+            $idsByType[$entity->type][] = $entity->id;
+            $entityMap[$entity->type . ':' . $entity->id] = $entity;
+        }
+
+        $query = Tag::query();
+        foreach ($idsByType as $type => $ids) {
+            $query->orWhere(function ($query) use ($type, $ids) {
+                $query->where('entity_type', '=', $type)
+                    ->whereIn('entity_id', $ids);
+            });
+        }
+
+        $tags = empty($idsByType) ? [] : $query->get()->all();
+        $tagMap = [];
+        foreach ($tags as $tag) {
+            $key = $tag->entity_type . ':' . $tag->entity_id;
+            if (!isset($tagMap[$key])) {
+                $tagMap[$key] = [];
+            }
+            $tagMap[$key][] = $tag;
+        }
+
+        foreach ($entityMap as $key => $entity) {
+            $entityTags = new Collection($tagMap[$key] ?? []);
+            $entity->setRelation('tags', $entityTags);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param Entity[] $entities
+     */
+    protected function loadParentsIntoModels(array $entities): void
+    {
+        $parentsByType = ['book' => [], 'chapter' => []];
+
+        foreach ($entities as $entity) {
+            if ($entity->getAttribute('book_id') !== null) {
+                $parentsByType['book'][] = $entity->getAttribute('book_id');
+            }
+            if ($entity->getAttribute('chapter_id') !== null) {
+                $parentsByType['chapter'][] = $entity->getAttribute('chapter_id');
+            }
+        }
+
+        $parentQuery = $this->entityQueries->visibleForList();
+        $filtered = count($parentsByType['book']) > 0 || count($parentsByType['chapter']) > 0;
+        $parentQuery = $parentQuery->where(function ($query) use ($parentsByType) {
+            foreach ($parentsByType as $type => $ids) {
+                if (count($ids) > 0) {
+                    $query = $query->orWhere(function ($query) use ($type, $ids) {
+                        $query->where('type', '=', $type)
+                            ->whereIn('id', $ids);
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        $parentModels = $filtered ? $parentQuery->get()->all() : [];
+        $parents = $this->hydrate($parentModels);
+        $parentMap = [];
+        foreach ($parents as $parent) {
+            $parentMap[$parent->type . ':' . $parent->id] = $parent;
+        }
+
+        foreach ($entities as $entity) {
+            if ($entity instanceof Page || $entity instanceof Chapter) {
+                $key = 'book:' . $entity->getRawAttribute('book_id');
+                $entity->setRelation('book', $parentMap[$key] ?? null);
+            }
+            if ($entity instanceof Page) {
+                $key = 'chapter:' . $entity->getRawAttribute('chapter_id');
+                $entity->setRelation('chapter', $parentMap[$key] ?? null);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Entities/Tools/MixedEntityListLoader.php b/app/Entities/Tools/MixedEntityListLoader.php
index 0a0f224d86c..9987cc061ce 100644
--- a/app/Entities/Tools/MixedEntityListLoader.php
+++ b/app/Entities/Tools/MixedEntityListLoader.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ protected function idsByTypeToModelMap(array $idsByType, bool $eagerLoadParents,
         $modelMap = [];
 
         foreach ($idsByType as $type => $ids) {
-            $base = $withContents ? $this->queries->visibleForContent($type) : $this->queries->visibleForList($type);
+            $base = $withContents ? $this->queries->visibleForContentForType($type) : $this->queries->visibleForListForType($type);
             $models = $base->whereIn('id', $ids)
                 ->with($eagerLoadParents ? $this->getRelationsToEagerLoad($type) : [])
                 ->get();
diff --git a/app/Search/SearchApiController.php b/app/Search/SearchApiController.php
index cd4a14a3931..5de7a511036 100644
--- a/app/Search/SearchApiController.php
+++ b/app/Search/SearchApiController.php
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 <?php
 
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
 namespace BookStack\Search;
 
 use BookStack\Api\ApiEntityListFormatter;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Entity;
 use BookStack\Http\ApiController;
+use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
 class SearchApiController extends ApiController
@@ -31,11 +34,9 @@ public function __construct(
      * between: bookshelf, book, chapter & page.
      *
      * The paging parameters and response format emulates a standard listing endpoint
-     * but standard sorting and filtering cannot be done on this endpoint. If a count value
-     * is provided this will only be taken as a suggestion. The results in the response
-     * may currently be up to 4x this value.
+     * but standard sorting and filtering cannot be done on this endpoint.
      */
-    public function all(Request $request)
+    public function all(Request $request): JsonResponse
     {
         $this->validate($request, $this->rules['all']);
 
diff --git a/app/Search/SearchController.php b/app/Search/SearchController.php
index 2fce6a3d53f..9586beffba2 100644
--- a/app/Search/SearchController.php
+++ b/app/Search/SearchController.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use BookStack\Entities\Tools\SiblingFetcher;
 use BookStack\Http\Controller;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
+use Illuminate\Pagination\LengthAwarePaginator;
 
 class SearchController extends Controller
 {
@@ -23,20 +24,21 @@ public function search(Request $request, SearchResultsFormatter $formatter)
     {
         $searchOpts = SearchOptions::fromRequest($request);
         $fullSearchString = $searchOpts->toString();
-        $this->setPageTitle(trans('entities.search_for_term', ['term' => $fullSearchString]));
-
         $page = intval($request->get('page', '0')) ?: 1;
-        $nextPageLink = url('/search?term=' . urlencode($fullSearchString) . '&page=' . ($page + 1));
 
         $results = $this->searchRunner->searchEntities($searchOpts, 'all', $page, 20);
         $formatter->format($results['results']->all(), $searchOpts);
+        $paginator = new LengthAwarePaginator($results['results'], $results['total'], 20, $page);
+        $paginator->setPath('/search');
+        $paginator->appends($request->except('page'));
+
+        $this->setPageTitle(trans('entities.search_for_term', ['term' => $fullSearchString]));
 
         return view('search.all', [
             'entities'     => $results['results'],
             'totalResults' => $results['total'],
+            'paginator'    => $paginator,
             'searchTerm'   => $fullSearchString,
-            'hasNextPage'  => $results['has_more'],
-            'nextPageLink' => $nextPageLink,
             'options'      => $searchOpts,
         ]);
     }
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ public function searchSuggestions(Request $request)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Search siblings items in the system.
+     * Search sibling items in the system.
      */
     public function searchSiblings(Request $request, SiblingFetcher $siblingFetcher)
     {
diff --git a/app/Search/SearchRunner.php b/app/Search/SearchRunner.php
index a1ffeee50fd..bfb65cf0f40 100644
--- a/app/Search/SearchRunner.php
+++ b/app/Search/SearchRunner.php
@@ -4,16 +4,15 @@
 
 use BookStack\Entities\EntityProvider;
 use BookStack\Entities\Models\Entity;
-use BookStack\Entities\Models\Page;
 use BookStack\Entities\Queries\EntityQueries;
+use BookStack\Entities\Tools\EntityHydrator;
 use BookStack\Permissions\PermissionApplicator;
 use BookStack\Search\Options\TagSearchOption;
 use BookStack\Users\Models\User;
 use Illuminate\Database\Connection;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder as EloquentBuilder;
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection as EloquentCollection;
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
 use Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder;
+use Illuminate\Database\Query\JoinClause;
 use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@
 class SearchRunner
 {
     /**
-     * Retain a cache of score adjusted terms for specific search options.
+     * Retain a cache of score-adjusted terms for specific search options.
      */
     protected WeakMap $termAdjustmentCache;
 
@@ -30,16 +29,15 @@ public function __construct(
         protected EntityProvider $entityProvider,
         protected PermissionApplicator $permissions,
         protected EntityQueries $entityQueries,
+        protected EntityHydrator $entityHydrator,
     ) {
         $this->termAdjustmentCache = new WeakMap();
     }
 
     /**
      * Search all entities in the system.
-     * The provided count is for each entity to search,
-     * Total returned could be larger and not guaranteed.
      *
-     * @return array{total: int, count: int, has_more: bool, results: Collection<Entity>}
+     * @return array{total: int, results: Collection<Entity>}
      */
     public function searchEntities(SearchOptions $searchOpts, string $entityType = 'all', int $page = 1, int $count = 20): array
     {
@@ -53,32 +51,13 @@ public function searchEntities(SearchOptions $searchOpts, string $entityType = '
             $entityTypesToSearch = explode('|', $filterMap['type']);
         }
 
-        $results = collect();
-        $total = 0;
-        $hasMore = false;
-
-        foreach ($entityTypesToSearch as $entityType) {
-            if (!in_array($entityType, $entityTypes)) {
-                continue;
-            }
-
-            $searchQuery = $this->buildQuery($searchOpts, $entityType);
-            $entityTotal = $searchQuery->count();
-            $searchResults = $this->getPageOfDataFromQuery($searchQuery, $entityType, $page, $count);
-
-            if ($entityTotal > ($page * $count)) {
-                $hasMore = true;
-            }
-
-            $total += $entityTotal;
-            $results = $results->merge($searchResults);
-        }
+        $searchQuery = $this->buildQuery($searchOpts, $entityTypesToSearch);
+        $total = $searchQuery->count();
+        $results = $this->getPageOfDataFromQuery($searchQuery, $page, $count);
 
         return [
             'total'    => $total,
-            'count'    => count($results),
-            'has_more' => $hasMore,
-            'results'  => $results->sortByDesc('score')->values(),
+            'results'  => $results->values(),
         ];
     }
 
@@ -92,17 +71,10 @@ public function searchBook(int $bookId, string $searchString): Collection
         $filterMap = $opts->filters->toValueMap();
         $entityTypesToSearch = isset($filterMap['type']) ? explode('|', $filterMap['type']) : $entityTypes;
 
-        $results = collect();
-        foreach ($entityTypesToSearch as $entityType) {
-            if (!in_array($entityType, $entityTypes)) {
-                continue;
-            }
+        $filteredTypes = array_intersect($entityTypesToSearch, $entityTypes);
+        $query = $this->buildQuery($opts, $filteredTypes)->where('book_id', '=', $bookId);
 
-            $search = $this->buildQuery($opts, $entityType)->where('book_id', '=', $bookId)->take(20)->get();
-            $results = $results->merge($search);
-        }
-
-        return $results->sortByDesc('score')->take(20);
+        return $this->getPageOfDataFromQuery($query, 1, 20)->sortByDesc('score');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -111,54 +83,45 @@ public function searchBook(int $bookId, string $searchString): Collection
     public function searchChapter(int $chapterId, string $searchString): Collection
     {
         $opts = SearchOptions::fromString($searchString);
-        $pages = $this->buildQuery($opts, 'page')->where('chapter_id', '=', $chapterId)->take(20)->get();
+        $query = $this->buildQuery($opts, ['page'])->where('chapter_id', '=', $chapterId);
 
-        return $pages->sortByDesc('score');
+        return $this->getPageOfDataFromQuery($query, 1, 20)->sortByDesc('score');
     }
 
     /**
      * Get a page of result data from the given query based on the provided page parameters.
      */
-    protected function getPageOfDataFromQuery(EloquentBuilder $query, string $entityType, int $page = 1, int $count = 20): EloquentCollection
+    protected function getPageOfDataFromQuery(EloquentBuilder $query, int $page, int $count): Collection
     {
-        $relations = ['tags'];
-
-        if ($entityType === 'page' || $entityType === 'chapter') {
-            $relations['book'] = function (BelongsTo $query) {
-                $query->scopes('visible');
-            };
-        }
-
-        if ($entityType === 'page') {
-            $relations['chapter'] = function (BelongsTo $query) {
-                $query->scopes('visible');
-            };
-        }
-
-        return $query->clone()
-            ->with(array_filter($relations))
+        $entities = $query->clone()
             ->skip(($page - 1) * $count)
             ->take($count)
             ->get();
+
+        $hydrated = $this->entityHydrator->hydrate($entities->all(), true, true);
+
+        return collect($hydrated);
     }
 
     /**
      * Create a search query for an entity.
+     * @param string[] $entityTypes
      */
-    protected function buildQuery(SearchOptions $searchOpts, string $entityType): EloquentBuilder
+    protected function buildQuery(SearchOptions $searchOpts, array $entityTypes): EloquentBuilder
     {
-        $entityModelInstance = $this->entityProvider->get($entityType);
-        $entityQuery = $this->entityQueries->visibleForList($entityType);
+        $entityQuery = $this->entityQueries->visibleForList()
+            ->whereIn('type', $entityTypes);
 
         // Handle normal search terms
-        $this->applyTermSearch($entityQuery, $searchOpts, $entityType);
+        $this->applyTermSearch($entityQuery, $searchOpts, $entityTypes);
 
         // Handle exact term matching
         foreach ($searchOpts->exacts->all() as $exact) {
-            $filter = function (EloquentBuilder $query) use ($exact, $entityModelInstance) {
+            $filter = function (EloquentBuilder $query) use ($exact) {
                 $inputTerm = str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $exact->value);
                 $query->where('name', 'like', '%' . $inputTerm . '%')
-                    ->orWhere($entityModelInstance->textField, 'like', '%' . $inputTerm . '%');
+                    ->orWhere('description', 'like', '%' . $inputTerm . '%')
+                    ->orWhere('text', 'like', '%' . $inputTerm . '%');
             };
 
             $exact->negated ? $entityQuery->whereNot($filter) : $entityQuery->where($filter);
@@ -173,7 +136,7 @@ protected function buildQuery(SearchOptions $searchOpts, string $entityType): El
         foreach ($searchOpts->filters->all() as $filterOption) {
             $functionName = Str::camel('filter_' . $filterOption->getKey());
             if (method_exists($this, $functionName)) {
-                $this->$functionName($entityQuery, $entityModelInstance, $filterOption->value, $filterOption->negated);
+                $this->$functionName($entityQuery, $filterOption->value, $filterOption->negated);
             }
         }
 
@@ -183,7 +146,7 @@ protected function buildQuery(SearchOptions $searchOpts, string $entityType): El
     /**
      * For the given search query, apply the queries for handling the regular search terms.
      */
-    protected function applyTermSearch(EloquentBuilder $entityQuery, SearchOptions $options, string $entityType): void
+    protected function applyTermSearch(EloquentBuilder $entityQuery, SearchOptions $options, array $entityTypes): void
     {
         $terms = $options->searches->toValueArray();
         if (count($terms) === 0) {
@@ -200,8 +163,6 @@ protected function applyTermSearch(EloquentBuilder $entityQuery, SearchOptions $
         ]);
 
         $subQuery->addBinding($scoreSelect['bindings'], 'select');
-
-        $subQuery->where('entity_type', '=', $entityType);
         $subQuery->where(function (Builder $query) use ($terms) {
             foreach ($terms as $inputTerm) {
                 $escapedTerm = str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $inputTerm);
@@ -210,7 +171,10 @@ protected function applyTermSearch(EloquentBuilder $entityQuery, SearchOptions $
         });
         $subQuery->groupBy('entity_type', 'entity_id');
 
-        $entityQuery->joinSub($subQuery, 's', 'id', '=', 'entity_id');
+        $entityQuery->joinSub($subQuery, 's', function (JoinClause $join) {
+            $join->on('s.entity_id', '=', 'entities.id')
+                ->on('s.entity_type', '=', 'entities.type');
+        });
         $entityQuery->addSelect('s.score');
         $entityQuery->orderBy('score', 'desc');
     }
@@ -338,7 +302,7 @@ protected function applyTagSearch(EloquentBuilder $query, TagSearchOption $optio
         $option->negated ? $query->whereDoesntHave('tags', $filter) : $query->whereHas('tags', $filter);
     }
 
-    protected function applyNegatableWhere(EloquentBuilder $query, bool $negated, string $column, string $operator, mixed $value): void
+    protected function applyNegatableWhere(EloquentBuilder $query, bool $negated, string|callable $column, string|null $operator, mixed $value): void
     {
         if ($negated) {
             $query->whereNot($column, $operator, $value);
@@ -350,31 +314,31 @@ protected function applyNegatableWhere(EloquentBuilder $query, bool $negated, st
     /**
      * Custom entity search filters.
      */
-    protected function filterUpdatedAfter(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated): void
+    protected function filterUpdatedAfter(EloquentBuilder $query, string $input, bool $negated): void
     {
         $date = date_create($input);
         $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, 'updated_at', '>=', $date);
     }
 
-    protected function filterUpdatedBefore(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated): void
+    protected function filterUpdatedBefore(EloquentBuilder $query, string $input, bool $negated): void
     {
         $date = date_create($input);
         $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, 'updated_at', '<', $date);
     }
 
-    protected function filterCreatedAfter(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated): void
+    protected function filterCreatedAfter(EloquentBuilder $query, string $input, bool $negated): void
     {
         $date = date_create($input);
         $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, 'created_at', '>=', $date);
     }
 
-    protected function filterCreatedBefore(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
+    protected function filterCreatedBefore(EloquentBuilder $query, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
         $date = date_create($input);
         $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, 'created_at', '<', $date);
     }
 
-    protected function filterCreatedBy(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
+    protected function filterCreatedBy(EloquentBuilder $query, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
         $userSlug = $input === 'me' ? user()->slug : trim($input);
         $user = User::query()->where('slug', '=', $userSlug)->first(['id']);
@@ -383,7 +347,7 @@ protected function filterCreatedBy(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string
         }
     }
 
-    protected function filterUpdatedBy(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
+    protected function filterUpdatedBy(EloquentBuilder $query, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
         $userSlug = $input === 'me' ? user()->slug : trim($input);
         $user = User::query()->where('slug', '=', $userSlug)->first(['id']);
@@ -392,7 +356,7 @@ protected function filterUpdatedBy(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string
         }
     }
 
-    protected function filterOwnedBy(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
+    protected function filterOwnedBy(EloquentBuilder $query, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
         $userSlug = $input === 'me' ? user()->slug : trim($input);
         $user = User::query()->where('slug', '=', $userSlug)->first(['id']);
@@ -401,27 +365,30 @@ protected function filterOwnedBy(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $
         }
     }
 
-    protected function filterInName(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
+    protected function filterInName(EloquentBuilder $query, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
         $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, 'name', 'like', '%' . $input . '%');
     }
 
-    protected function filterInTitle(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
+    protected function filterInTitle(EloquentBuilder $query, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
-        $this->filterInName($query, $model, $input, $negated);
+        $this->filterInName($query, $input, $negated);
     }
 
-    protected function filterInBody(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
+    protected function filterInBody(EloquentBuilder $query, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
-        $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, $model->textField, 'like', '%' . $input . '%');
+        $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, function (EloquentBuilder $query) use ($input) {
+            $query->where('description', 'like', '%' . $input . '%')
+                ->orWhere('text', 'like', '%' . $input . '%');
+        }, null, null);
     }
 
-    protected function filterIsRestricted(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
+    protected function filterIsRestricted(EloquentBuilder $query, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
         $negated ? $query->whereDoesntHave('permissions') : $query->whereHas('permissions');
     }
 
-    protected function filterViewedByMe(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
+    protected function filterViewedByMe(EloquentBuilder $query, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
         $filter = function ($query) {
             $query->where('user_id', '=', user()->id);
@@ -430,7 +397,7 @@ protected function filterViewedByMe(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, strin
         $negated ? $query->whereDoesntHave('views', $filter) : $query->whereHas('views', $filter);
     }
 
-    protected function filterNotViewedByMe(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
+    protected function filterNotViewedByMe(EloquentBuilder $query, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
         $filter = function ($query) {
             $query->where('user_id', '=', user()->id);
@@ -439,31 +406,30 @@ protected function filterNotViewedByMe(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, st
         $negated ? $query->whereHas('views', $filter) : $query->whereDoesntHave('views', $filter);
     }
 
-    protected function filterIsTemplate(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
+    protected function filterIsTemplate(EloquentBuilder $query, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
-        if ($model instanceof Page) {
-            $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, 'template', '=', true);
-        }
+        $this->applyNegatableWhere($query, $negated, 'template', '=', true);
     }
 
-    protected function filterSortBy(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, string $input, bool $negated)
+    protected function filterSortBy(EloquentBuilder $query, string $input, bool $negated)
     {
         $functionName = Str::camel('sort_by_' . $input);
         if (method_exists($this, $functionName)) {
-            $this->$functionName($query, $model, $negated);
+            $this->$functionName($query, $negated);
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * Sorting filter options.
      */
-    protected function sortByLastCommented(EloquentBuilder $query, Entity $model, bool $negated)
+    protected function sortByLastCommented(EloquentBuilder $query, bool $negated)
     {
         $commentsTable = DB::getTablePrefix() . 'comments';
-        $morphClass = str_replace('\\', '\\\\', $model->getMorphClass());
-        $commentQuery = DB::raw('(SELECT c1.commentable_id, c1.commentable_type, c1.created_at as last_commented FROM ' . $commentsTable . ' c1 LEFT JOIN ' . $commentsTable . ' c2 ON (c1.commentable_id = c2.commentable_id AND c1.commentable_type = c2.commentable_type AND c1.created_at < c2.created_at) WHERE c1.commentable_type = \'' . $morphClass . '\' AND c2.created_at IS NULL) as comments');
+        $commentQuery = DB::raw('(SELECT c1.commentable_id, c1.commentable_type, c1.created_at as last_commented FROM ' . $commentsTable . ' c1 LEFT JOIN ' . $commentsTable . ' c2 ON (c1.commentable_id = c2.commentable_id AND c1.commentable_type = c2.commentable_type AND c1.created_at < c2.created_at) WHERE c2.created_at IS NULL) as comments');
 
-        $query->join($commentQuery, $model->getTable() . '.id', '=', DB::raw('comments.commentable_id'))
-            ->orderBy('last_commented', $negated ? 'asc' : 'desc');
+        $query->join($commentQuery, function (JoinClause $join) {
+            $join->on('entities.id', '=', 'comments.commentable_id')
+                ->on('entities.type', '=', 'comments.commentable_type');
+        })->orderBy('last_commented', $negated ? 'asc' : 'desc');
     }
 }
diff --git a/resources/views/search/all.blade.php b/resources/views/search/all.blade.php
index ad437604b1c..48250816fef 100644
--- a/resources/views/search/all.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/search/all.blade.php
@@ -87,11 +87,7 @@
                         @include('entities.list', ['entities' => $entities, 'showPath' => true, 'showTags' => true])
                     </div>
 
-                    @if($hasNextPage)
-                        <div class="text-right mt-m">
-                            <a href="{{ $nextPageLink }}" class="button outline">{{ trans('entities.search_more') }}</a>
-                        </div>
-                    @endif
+                    {{ $paginator->render() }}
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/tests/Api/SearchApiTest.php b/tests/Api/SearchApiTest.php
index 9da7900ca9a..517c5d8e4ef 100644
--- a/tests/Api/SearchApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/Api/SearchApiTest.php
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ public function test_all_endpoint_includes_parent_details_where_visible()
         $this->permissions->disableEntityInheritedPermissions($book);
 
         $resp = $this->getJson($this->baseEndpoint . '?query=superextrauniquevalue');
+        $resp->assertOk();
         $resp->assertJsonPath('data.0.id', $page->id);
         $resp->assertJsonMissingPath('data.0.book.name');
     }
diff --git a/tests/Search/EntitySearchTest.php b/tests/Search/EntitySearchTest.php
index d3d85998615..ca900c2edc4 100644
--- a/tests/Search/EntitySearchTest.php
+++ b/tests/Search/EntitySearchTest.php
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ public function test_bookshelf_search()
         $search->assertSeeText($shelf->name, true);
     }
 
+    public function test_search_shows_pagination()
+    {
+        $search = $this->asEditor()->get('/search?term=a');
+        $this->withHtml($search)->assertLinkExists('/search?term=a&page=2', '2');
+    }
+
     public function test_invalid_page_search()
     {
         $resp = $this->asEditor()->get('/search?term=' . urlencode('<p>test</p>'));