ElasticPress
A fast and flexible search and query engine for WordPress.
4.1(29 reviews)
·8.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 week agoAs of April 2026, ElasticPress is a WordPress fuzzy plugin with 8.0K+ active installations and a 4.1/5 rating from 29 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.0M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.2+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 6% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: RediSearch.
4.1/529 reviews
8.0K+active installs
0%resolved
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
ElasticPress, a fast and flexible search and query engine for WordPress, enables WordPress to find or “query” relevant content extremely fast through a variety of highly customizable features. WordPress out-of-the-box struggles to analyze content relevancy and can be very slow. ElasticPress supercharges your WordPress website making for happier users and administrators. The plugin even contains features for popular plugins.
Here is a list of the amazing ElasticPress features included in the plugin:
Search: Instantly find the content you’re looking for. The first time.
Instant Results: A built for WordPress search experience that bypasses WordPress for optimal performance. Instant Results routes search queries through a dedicated API, separate from WordPress, returning results up to 10x fa…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Solid and easy to integrate and extend
by piccart·3 years ago·1 reply
This plugin is solid and very easy to set up.
It also integrates very well with custom code and the search functionality can be easily extended or customised.
speed of light – excellent!!!
by George·3 years ago·1 reply
You need to read the documentation first then install it correctly to your server and boom!!
Terrible to integrate even on best hosting
by madaboutu·3 years ago·1 reply
WPEngine couldn’t even do it and they tried on chat every conceivable way
We both gave up – shame really but super frustrating you have no way of easily getting in touch
One of the most powerful plugins for scaling WordPress
by BStreet·3 years ago
Combined with a good server configuration this is one of the most powerful and useful plugins for WordPress sites at scale.
Thank you 10up team!
Superb Plugin
by bling007·4 years ago·1 reply
Definitely helps speed up the WordPress search. It is at par with many other premium plugins out there. Highly appreciate and recommend this one.
Also great support.
Download Trends
Today: 678Yesterday: 757This week: 4KPeriod total: 214K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.2+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v5.3
48.1%
v5.2
14.6%
v2.6
9.1%
Other
7.9%
v5.1
7.7%
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Changelog
View full changelog on WordPress.org
Contributors
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