This plugin is a gem of a gift to the WordPress community. Embedding a modern and performant search interface into your website couldn’t possibly be easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The plugin uses the Algolia open-source vanilla JS libraries “InstantSearch.js” and “Autocomplete.js”, which communicate with your Typesense server using fetch requests in the browser; no connection to WordPress needed, and thus fully compatible with static generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Via their WP-Admin GUI, the software indexes your WP posts and pages as Typesense “documents” and “collections”; while the frontend search interface I used the Typesense provided Docker image to spin up a self-hosted instance; added my instance API keys to the Typesense plugin settings in WP-Admin; indexed 4000+ posts in a couple minutes; added the default shortcode to a test page; ran a SimplyStatic export, and voil\u00e0, it works splendidly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Important note for static site generation:<\/strong> Prior to running an index, you’ll need to filter the permalink; otherwise the search results will link to your WP:<\/p>\n\n\n\n *<\/strong>WordPress[dot]org doesn’t permit URLs in reviews, hence why the Pax et bonum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18733926","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18733926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18733926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18733949,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18733926\/revisions\/18733949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18733926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}fetch<\/code>es data direct from your Typesense instance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\/**
* Filter Typesense document data before it is indexed.
**\/
add_filter( 'cm_typesense_data_before_entry', function( $formatted_data, $raw_data, $object_id ) {
if ( isset( $formatted_data['permalink'] ) ) {
$formatted_data['permalink'] = str_replace(
'wp[dot]example[dot]com',
'example[dot]com',
$formatted_data['permalink']
);
}
return $formatted_data;
}, 10, 3 );<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n[dot]<\/code> chicanery in the above snippet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n