It’s been a while from the previous Relevanssi release, and there’s plenty of fixes to all sorts of issues in this version. Nothing major, though, couple of unpleasant interface issues are fixed and there are several improvements in how highlighting works in excerpts. Relevanssi has been tested to be compatible with WordPress 4.9.8. Premium updates:…
Versions 2.1.6 and 4.0.10 are privacy updates, adding GDPR and privacy-related features to support the new privacy tools in WordPress 4.9.6. The versions also include bug fixes around places and refactoring to make the code easier to understand if you ever need to look under the hood. Here’s the complete list of changes: Privacy: If…
We have a privacy policy that covers your use of this web site and our customer data use. However, if you’re interested in how using Relevanssi affects the GDPR compliance of your own site, here we have answers for you. In general, Relevanssi doesn’t store any information about users and doesn’t share any information outside…
Relevanssi doesn’t work with the WP Job Manager search. The solution is fortunately simple: you can just disable Relevanssi for the WP Job Manager page. To disable Relevanssi, add this to your site: Thanks to Adam Lenz for this solution.
Relevanssi Premium 2.1.5 fixes some bugs in tag and category indexing. If you index tags and categories for posts (not the terms themselves), do rebuild the index after updating. There’s a new filter hook to give you a possibility to filter posts before indexing. That’s very helpful, if you want to exclude a lot of…
Version 4.0.9 fixes bugs and adds some new functionality for indexing. This is especially useful with WooCommerce. There have been some problems in tag and category indexing, so if you are indexing tags and categories, please rebuild the index after updating. These features will come to Premium in 2.1.5, which will be released soon. Fixes…
BeTheme does the strangest, weirdest, and least productive things with search I’ve ever seen in a professional theme. It can automatically clear out your search term, which of course leads to Relevanssi searches failing. I have no idea what that is trying to achieve, but it makes searching very frustrating. Fortunately, the fix is simple.…
Version 2.1.4 fixes couple of small bugs – a small regression, a problem sanitizing user inputs, issues with highlighting – and adds one new feature. There’s now a “Pin this post for all keywords” checkbox in the Relevanssi post controls box. That checkbox does pretty much what it says: it pins the post for all keywords…
Relevanssi has plenty of useful filter hooks you can use to debug problems. Here are some examples of how you can use the Relevanssi filter hooks to debug issues. Add the functions one at a time to your site and run a search to see results. First, try the Relevanssi admin search. Before checking the…
This version fixes several annoying bugs in version 2.1.2. The user interface suffered a bit in the process of solidifying Relevanssi code, as in couple of cases there was an overzealous amount of security applied, breaking bits of the user interface. Also, there were some simple programming errors, causing some user interface elements misbehave. This…