{"id":3484,"date":"2015-01-05T18:54:38","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T18:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2015\/01\/05\/integrating-elasticsearch-with-wordpress-using-elasticpress\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T22:55:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T02:55:57","slug":"integrating-elasticsearch-with-wordpress-using-elasticpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/integrating-elasticsearch-with-wordpress-using-elasticpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrating Elasticsearch with WordPress using ElasticPress"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve ever used Elasticsearch for managing your searchable content, you know that it is incredibly fast and scalable. If you’re a WordPress user, you likely also know that obtaining WP_Query objects can sometimes have a negaitve impact on your resource usage if you have a large database of center to search from. Thankfully, 10up has developed a solution in which the WP_Query object can use Elasticsearch instead of the default behavior, which is much easier on your server resources.<\/p>\n

In this article, we will show you how to integerate WordPress with Elasticsearch using ElasticPress by 10up.<\/p>\n

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Note:<\/strong> This article assumes that you have already installed Elasticsearch. If you have not already done so, you may review our article on installing Elasticsearch<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This ElasticPress also requires WP-CLI. If you don’t already have it installed, you may follow our article on installing WP-CLI<\/a>. If you’re looking for an easy-to-use search functionality<\/a>, try Jetpack!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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  1. First, you will need to edit your wp-config.php<\/strong> file to include the location of your Elasticsearch server. In this example, Elasticsearch is on the same server as our WordPress site, so we add the following:\n

    define( ‘EP_HOST’, ‘https:\/\/127.0.0.1:9200’ );<\/p>\n

    If you need help doing so, you may review our article on editing your wp-config.php file.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. Next, you will need to install the ElasticPress plugin. The ElasticPress plugin is available both within the WordPress plugin directory<\/a>, or within GitHub<\/a>. If you want the most updated version, we recommend GitHub.If you need help, you may review our article on installing the ElasticPress plugin.<\/li>\n
  3. Of course, Elasticsearch isn’t doing us any good if we don’t have any data populated within it. To begin, log into your server via SSH and execute one of the following:
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    For single WordPress sites<\/h3>\n

    wp elasticpress index –setup<\/p>\n

    For cross-site search on multisite<\/h3>\n

    wp elasticpress index –setup –network-wide<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    ElasticPress is now running on your site and all searches are now WP_Query is now handling searches with Elasticsearch instead of running MySQL queries for your data. For more information on ElasticPress, check out the ElasticPress GitHub page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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    If you’ve ever used Elasticsearch for managing your searchable content, you know that it is incredibly fast and scalable. If you’re a WordPress user, you likely also know that obtaining WP_Query objects can sometimes have a negaitve impact on your resource usage if you have a large database of center to search from. 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