ElasticProbe is out of beta and the Bushwack team has released its first production ready version of the service which is version 1.0. It can be downloaded via Wordpress plugin directory or directly from our Github page.
What is ElasticProbe?
Forrester, notes that in online shops, 43% of customers immediately turn to the search functionality so we know that search drives ecommerce success and revenue. At the same time, there are similar tendencies for customers of other sectors such as news websites, forums and download directories among others. ElasticProbe knows the customers desires and aims to help shape the Wordpress search experience to the customers’ needs.
ElasticProbe is a SaaS search service for Wordpress ecosystem. It is backed by the fast and powerful ElasticSearch engine.
ElasticProbe service has two main components. An opensource Wordpress plugin and the service backend. The plugin is compatible with self deployed ElasticSearch instances. Installing, securing and optimizing the instance is in this case is in the hands of the website owner completely. Lets quickly enumerate some of the ElasticProbe features.
Features
- Offloaded search: In websites with large amount of data (product, post or article), search functionality is slow and resource intensive. The plugin offloads the search processing to an external server running ElasticSearch. By doing this, search becomes faster and at the same time doesn’t consume your server hardware resources.
- Fuzzy search: Do you like fuzzy search? Who doesn’t! These days many customers are on mobile devices and misspelling shouldn’t be a barrier to search. What the user types is not important intention is the king. Refer to Did you mean and Synonyms section for more information.
- Weighted search: Every part of an article or product doesn’t have the same importance! The website owner decides if he/she wants to put emphasis on a product title, SKU or excerpt. Refer to Search field weighting for more information.
There are still other features. To name a few:
- Woocommerce compatibility: The plugin is completely compatible with WooCommerce and it can be used to filter and search products and even recommend related ones.
- Widgets: The plugin widgets customize the search experience.
Check out our pricing page (there are trials available) and start using out ElasticProbe services right away.