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ElasticPress 5.2.0 released with the new ACF Repeater Field Compatibility feature
ElasticPress 5.2.0 is now available! In addition to several bug fixes, it also brings a brand new and long-awaited feature: a way to index your repeater fields in Advanced Custom Fields PRO. Your ACF Repeater…
Join the ElasticPress.io Easter Egg Hunt!
Hey, ElasticPress.io Community! We’re thrilled to announce a Blast from the Past with our Easter Egg Hunt! Ready to embark on a time-traveling adventure across our website? Channel your inner Marty and hunt down exclusive…
ElasticPress Labs 2.4.0 released with Geo Location and Search Templates
The new ElasticPress Labs version is here and we’re thrilled to introduce two new features with it! Geo Location – Order and filter content based on physical locations If you want to display the store…
ElasticPress 5.1 Released
ElasticPress 5.1 was released today and contains several improvements! Check some of our highlights: Official support to Elasticsearch 8 Although previous versions of ElasticPress were already compatible with Elasticsearch 8, ElasticPress 5.2 is the first…
Pew Research Center: External files as a source for your search
For a fact tank the size of the Pew Research Center, data can come from several different places. As some of those sources were external JSON and JavaScript files, they needed a solution to allow…
ElasticPress 5.0 Released
ElasticPress 5.0 was released today, and contains several improvements! We also have a couple of potentially breaking changes that you’ll want to test out on your staging site if you’re using those features already. New…
Enabling Comments and Terms in ElasticPress 5.0
Starting from version 5.0, ElasticPress will no longer show the Comments or Terms Features in the Dashboard by default. Site owners will need to add a code snippet in functions.php or in a custom plugin…
Custom Fields and Weighted Search with ElasticPress — Part 2
Update: Since ElasticPress 5.0, it is possible to add custom fields directly in the Search Fields & Weighting Screen. No code is needed! In our previous blog post, we’ve seen how it is possible to…
Custom Fields and Weighted Search with ElasticPress
One of the most powerful features of ElasticPress is the ability to add more fields to your website search. By default, WordPress only searches for titles, excerpts, and content but with ElasticPress you can search…
Aggregations API for Grouping Data
Publishers and eCommerce store owners often need to display the count of items (products, posts, etc.) within a category. Using WordPress core functionality, one would have to execute a number of slow MySQL queries to calculate those totals. Using Elasticsearch, we can find this information performantly using the Aggregations API.