ElasticPress

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Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 59% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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1. ★★★★★ piccart

   3.9y ago

   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.

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2. ★★★★★ George

   4.0y ago

   You need to read the documentation first then install it correctly to your server and boom!!

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3. ★★★★★ madaboutu

   4.0y ago

   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

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4. ★★★★★ BStreet

   4.2y 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!

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5. ★★★★★ bling007

   4.4y ago

   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.

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6. ★★★★★ walterzelhofer

   4.5y ago

   Look people, you need to set up elasticSEARCH on your server first, or use a paid service. This plugin (elasticPRESS) works as advertised and it’s clear that some ignorant people are penalizing this plugin for the difficulties inherent in setting up the server, and/or they don’t know how to add custom code snippets here and there. Two thumbs way up from me.

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7. ★★★★★ Johannes Kinast

   5.3y ago

   ElasticPress improved the search really great and has some very nice additional features like querying posts in a Multisite installation from a different Blog. You can host your own Elasticsearch server and its doesn’t have any impact on the functionality of this plugin. You don’t need to pay for the 10up hosted instances.

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8. ★★★★★ moacirrox

   5.4y ago

   Onion code, full of layers and difficult to maintain, nothing objective in case I need to add anything customized, they worked to make a paginated query in elasticsearch so complex! If you need a different widget than the existing ones, it is quicker to start developing a new plugin than trying to modify it.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2026-08-27 Version 5.3.4 Added: ep_instant_results_excluded_post_types filter to exclude post types from Instant Results facets and search results. Props @Sidsector9 and @feliciaoctocog . ep_instant_results_excluded_term_ids filter to exclude ta 5.3.4
2. 2026-05-07 Version 5.3.3 Added: Numbered pagination option for Instant Results. Props @ZacharyRener . New elasticpress_general_ep_screens filter. Props @felipeelia . New ep_feature_requirements_status_* filters and a new “Temporarily disabled” f 5.3.3
3. 2026-03-26 Version 5.3.2.2 Changed: Deployment to WordPress.org. Props @felipeelia . 5.3.2.2
4. 2026-03-26 Version 5.3.2.1 Changed: Method of verifying ElasticPress.io environments. Props @felipeelia . 5.3.2.1
5. 2025-11-21 Version 5.3.2 Added: Notice about keeping the sync page open during the sync process. Props @felipeelia and @tott . Fixed: Media search not working in the admin dashboard. Props @burhandodhy , @ognjanovic , and @maciejmackowiak . [Aut 5.3.2
6. 2025-11-06 Version 5.3.1 Fixed: Compatibility with PHP 7.4. Props @realrellek and @felipeelia . 5.3.1

9 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.3 ElasticPress <= 5.1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2024-06-06 CVE-2024-35684 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 5.1.0 Patched in 5.1.1
2. High · 8.3 webpack JS package <= 5.75.0 - Sandbox Bypass ↗
   2023-04-11 CVE-2023-28154 Improper Privilege Management Affects <= 4.5.0 Patched in 4.5.1
3. Critical · 9.8 simple-git < 3.15.0 - Remote Code Execution ↗
   2022-12-05 CVE-2022-25912 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') Affects <= 4.4.0 Patched in 4.4.1
4. Medium · 5.4 loader-utils (JS package) < 2.0.3 - Prototype Pollution ↗
   2022-10-12 CVE-2022-37601 Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes Affects <= 4.3.1 Patched in 4.4.0
5. Low · 3.7 loader-utils (JS package) < 3.2.1 - Regular Expression Denial of Service ↗
   2022-10-11 CVE-2022-37599 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Affects <= 4.3.1 Patched in 4.4.0
6. Low · 3.7 loader-utils (JS package) < 3.2.1 - Regular Expression Denial of Service ↗
   2022-10-11 CVE-2022-37603 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Affects <= 4.3.1 Patched in 4.4.0
7. Low · 3.7 terser (JS Package) < 5.14.2 - Denial of Service ↗
   2022-07-14 CVE-2022-25858 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Affects <= 4.2.2 Patched in 4.3.0
8. High · 7.5 Moment.js <= 2.29.1 - Directory Traversal ↗
   2022-04-05 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Affects <= 4.1.0 Patched in 4.2.0
9. Medium · 4.3 ElasticPress <= 3.5.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass ↗
   2021-03-01 CVE-2021-4405 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 3.5.3 Patched in 3.5.4

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 14 languages, 2 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-03-19 7K+ → 8K+ up after 109 days in tier
2. 2024-11-30 8K+ → 7K+ down after 20 days in tier
3. 2024-11-10 9K+ → 8K+ down after 4 days in tier
4. 2024-11-06 8K+ → 9K+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2024-11-04 9K+ → 8K+ down after 6 days in tier
6. 2024-10-29 8K+ → 9K+ up after 2 days in tier
7. 2024-10-27 9K+ → 8K+ down after 4 days in tier
8. 2024-10-23 8K+ → 9K+ up after 280 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth 3M+ installs · 3.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
• Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag B
• WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B
• ManageWP Worker 1M+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A

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ElasticPress: 8K+ active installs, 4.1★ (29 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/elasticpress