Version 4.5.0

Note that starting from the ElasticPress 5.0.0 release the Users feature will be moved to the ElasticPress Labs plugin. The Terms and Comments features will remain in ElasticPress but will be available only if enabled via code. Check our blog post for more info.

ElasticPress 4.5.0 release highlights:

• Autosuggest for WooCommerce Orders (#3175, #3308, #3321, #3324, #3323, #3310, #3349, #3339, and #3363)
• New Facet by Meta Range block (#3289, #3342, #3337, #3361, #3364, #3368, and #3365)
• ElasticPress.io messages system (#3162 and #3376)
• Indices of disabled features will be deleted during a full sync (#3261)
• WooCommerce Queries (#3259 and #3362)

Added

• Autosuggest for WooCommerce Orders. Props @JakePT and @felipeelia via #3175, #3308, #3321, #3324, #3323, #3310, #3349, and #3339.
• New Facet by Meta Range block (currently in Beta.) Props @felipeelia via #3289, #3342, #3337, #3361, #3363, #3364, #3368, and #3365.
• Option to display term counts in Facets blocks. Props @felipeelia via #3309.
• New capability for managing ElasticPress. Props @tlovett1, @tott, and @felipeelia via #3313.
• New "Download report" button in the Status Report page. Props @felipeelia via #3319.
• ElasticPress.io messages system. Props @felipeelia and @JakePT via #3162 and #3376.
• WP CLI commands get-search-template, put-search-template, and delete-search-template. Props @oscarssanchez via #3216.
• New --status parameter to the get-indices WP-CLI command. Props @felipeelia via #3261.
• New ep_instant_results_per_page filter for changing the number of results per page in Instant Results. Props @JakePT via #3292.
• Support for post_parent__in and post_parent__not_in. Props @MARQAS via #3300.
• New ep_sync_args filter. Props @felipeelia and @nickchomey via #3317.
• "Full Sync" (Yes/No) to the Last Sync section in Status Report. Props @felipeelia via #3304.
• New ep_user_register_feature and ep_feature_is_visible filters. Props @felipeelia via #3334.
• Requests now have a new header called X-ElasticPress-Request-ID to help with debugging. Props @felipeelia via #3307.
• Compatibility with 'orderby' => 'none' in WP_Query. Props @felipeelia via #3318.
• Unit tests related to the ep_weighting_configuration_for_search filter. Props @felipeelia via #3303.
• New Unit tests for the WooCoomerce feature. Props @burhandodhy and @felipeelia via #3259.
• Description for the --network-wide flag in WP-CLI commands. Props @MARQAS via #3350.
• New is_available() helper method in the Feature class. Props @burhandodhy via #3356.

Changed

• Indices of disabled features will be deleted during a full sync. Mappings of needed but non-existent indices will be added even during a regular sync. Props @felipeelia via #3261.
• Reduced number of WooCommerce product queries automatically integrated with ElasticPress. Props @burhandodhy and @felipeelia via #3259 and #3362.
• The number of results per page in Instant Results now matches the site's posts per page setting. Props @JakePT via #3292.
• Under the hood improvements to the structure of Instant Results. Props @JakePT via #3159 and #3293.
• Apply the "Exclude from Search" filter directly on ES Query. Props @burhandodhy via #3266.
• Avoid using Elasticsearch if query has an unsupported orderby clause. Props @burhandodhy via #3273.
• E2e tests split into 2 groups to be executed in parallel. Props @iamchughmayank, @burhandodhy, and @felipeelia via #3283.
• Filter command flags using get_flag_value(). Props @oscarssanchez and @felipeelia via #3301.
• Code Standards are now applied to the test suite as well. Props @felipeelia via #3351.
• Text displayed when a feature that requires a sync is about to be enabled. Props @felipeelia and @brandwaffle via #3380.

Removed

• Remove legacy filters woocommerce_layered_nav_query_post_ids, woocommerce_unfiltered_product_ids, and ep_wp_query_search_cached_posts. Props @burhandodhy via #3230.

Fixed

• API requests for Instant Results sent on page load before the modal has been opened. Props @JakePT via #3159.
• Prevent search queries for coupons from using Elasticsearch. Props @burhandodhy via #3222.
• Thumbnails are not removed from indexed WooCommerce Products when the attachments are deleted. Props @burhandodhy and @JakePT via #3267.
• Auto sync posts associated with a child term when the term parent is changed. Props @MARQAS and @felipeelia via #3145.
• Status Report page firing requests to ES twice. Props @felipeelia via #3265.
• Sanitization of Meta Queries. Props @MARQAS via #3271.
• Facets styles not enqueued more than once. Props @felipeelia and @MediaMaquina via #3306.
• Duplicate terms listed in Instant Results facets. Props @felipeelia via #3335.
• Not setting the post context when indexing a post. Props @tomjn via #3333.
• Some utilitary methods in the Command class treated as WP-CLI Commands. Props @burhandodhy and @felipeelia via #3320.
• Make the "Failed Queries" notice dismissible. Props @oscarssanchez and @felipeelia via #3348.
• Undefined index 'elasticpress' in the Status Report page. Props @MARQAS via #3374.
• Undefined array key 'displayCount' error for facet. Props @burhandodhy via #3373.
• Warnings on the feature setup page. Props @burhandodhy via #3377.

Security

• Bumped http-cache-semantics from 4.1.0 to 4.1.1. Props @dependabot via #3295.
• Bumped got from 9.6.0 to 11.8.5 and simple-bin-help from 1.7.7 to 1.8.0. Props @dependabot via #3290.
• Bumped simple-git from 3.15.1 to 3.16.0. Props @dependabot via #3278.
• Bumped json5 from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2. Props @dependabot via #3251.

See: https://github.com/10up/ElasticPress/milestone/69?closed=1