Getting Started

One of the advantages that ElasticPress has over the built-in WordPress search is the ability to fine-tune which fields or attributes are searchable and configure how important each field is to the relevance score of…

ElasticPress allows you to make your site’s search even more intelligent with the Synonyms advanced feature. Synonyms come in three different flavors: Synonyms, Hyponyms, and Replacements. Synonyms Synonyms are terms with similar meanings. For example, sneaker, tennis…

Because ElasticPress indexes and understands data in real-time, it can instantly deliver related content without impacting site performance. Once you’ve enabled the Related Posts feature from the ElasticPress dashboard, follow the instructions below to add…

Faceted search is a way to explore or filter large amounts of data by summarizing the data based on its attributes. Out of the box, ElasticPress supports filtering on taxonomies, post types, post dates, and…

Since ElasticPress 4.0, there are three options for search algorithms. The default is the 4.0 algorithm, which searches for all search terms in one field first, and then prioritizes them over search terms matched in…

Purpose This document contains a list of ElasticPress.io Site Search Personas associated with common use cases for incorporating ElasticPress on various types of sites. The steps and recommended configurations listed in this document should not…

In this article, we cover how to track your website searches with Google Analytics. This can be divided into two major steps: enabling tracking and reviewing search terms reports. How to enable search tracking in…

If you decided to host Elasticsearch in your own setup, please make sure to read the following considerations. Public Access Your Elasticsearch server should not be publicly accessible if you don’t have any kind of…