WP Engine Announces Real-time, Highly Accurate Search Results [...]

📅 April 22, 2015 - WP Engine, a leading SaaS content management platform for websites and applications built on WordPress, today announced the Alpha project of ‘WP Engine Search' powered by Elasticsearch. This new feature enables websites hosted on the WP Engine platform to embed faster, more accurate search capabilities. WP Engine also announced ‘Related Posts,' which enables the placement of relevant, related pieces of a brand's content into a visitor's page to increase page views and reader engagement. Both features are built into the WP Engine WordPress platform.

“WP Engine Search enables WordPress website owners to build powerful, customized search experiences that rival the capabilities of today's leading search engines and to transform their users' experiences,” said Jason Cohen, CTO and Co-founder of WP Engine. “Coming off the heels of GeoIP and the HHVM Mercury Platform, WP Engine Search is testament to the open source innovation conducted at WP Engine Labs, which is constantly bringing to market new products and features applicable to the entire WordPress community.”

WP Engine Search is quicker and more accurate compared to third-party plugins reliant on data from the WordPress database. Key features of Elasticsearch Include:

Reduced Load on Database Server: Unlike standard WordPress search, which conducts a MySQL query to find keywords and sorts by date published, WP Engine Search offers real-time search functionality without requiring a full-text database scan for every search operation.
Autosuggest Results and Fuzzymatching: WP Engine Search generates more effective search as well as autosuggestions for close queries, related content and matching for misspelled terms.
Enhanced User Experience: The WordPress website maintains a high level of consumer performance by instantly matching website visitors to the buried content. The Elasticsearch capability engages users while potentially increasing traffic, page views and revenue streams through direct response engagement

The Related Posts feature places relevant, related pieces of content specific to a n individual website visitor creating stickiness, increasing visitor engagement, SEO ranking, user interaction and improved content management. Related Posts is integrated into WP Engine Search so users no longer need to sign up with a third-party service for an API key or hosted related post plugins.

Availability:

Sign up now to participate in the Alpha program for WP Engine Search powered by Elasticsearch and Related Posts. Visit the WP Engine blog for more information on registration: http://wpengine.com/sign-up-for-wp-engine-search/.

About WP Engine:

WP Engine is a leading SaaS content management platform for websites and applications built on WordPress. The company powers thousands of websites and apps built on the WordPress platform delivering a fast, reliable, secure web experience. All levels of users including bloggers, marketers, SMB, and large corporations rely on WP Engine's platform to keep their websites up and running. The company's exceptional customer service team specializes in quickly solving technical problems and creating a world-class customer experience, ensuring that each user's WordPress site continues to perform at its full potential. Founded in 2010, WP Engine is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and has offices in San Francisco; San Antonio, Texas; and London.