Wordpress facets guides for WordPress & WooCommerce

How to (Easily) Configure PostgreSQL (AI vector search) on WordPress

You can add AI-powered search to your WordPress site using WPSOLR together with PostgreSQL vector search. PostgreSQL Vector search stack for WPSOLR You can install our fully functional PostgreSQL vector search stack from GitHub, ready to work with WPSOLR. ⚠️ PHP ext-pgsql required This stack requires the PHP pgsql extension (ext-pgsql) to connect to PostgreSQL using pg_connect(). If the extension is missing, you may see errors like: Call to undefined function pg_connect() ✅ Check if pgsql is installed php -m | grep pgsql You should see: pgsql PostgreSQL Vector Search PostgreSQL, with the pgvector extension, can store embeddings—numerical representations of text or images produced by AI models. These embeddings allow you to perform vector-based searches, where results are matched based on meaning or similarity rather

How to (Easily) Configure Vespa on WordPress

One of the best ways of improving user experience on your WordPress websites is to have a speedy and accurate search. While the default search can be quite effective on websites with limited amounts of data, it’s speed can become problematic (slow) as traffic and data increases. This is why, in this case, you should replace your WordPress search with a high performance search engine. But where do you start? Vespa is an easy choice, since it is probably the one with the best price to performance ratio. Vespa.ai vector search stack for WPSOLR You can install our fully functional Vespa.ai vector search stack from GitHub, ready to work with WPSOLR. What is Vespa.ai ? While the default WordPress search (and many other search

How to (Easily) Configure Apache Solr on WordPress

One of the best ways of improving user experience on your WordPress websites is to have a speedy and accurate search. While the default search can be quite effective on websites with limited amounts of data, it’s speed can become problematic (slow) as traffic and data increases. This is why, in this case, you should replace your WordPress search with a high performance search engine. But where do you start? Apache Solr is an easy choice, since it is probably the one with the best price to performance ratio. Apache SolrCloud vector search stack for WPSOLR You can install our fully functional Apache SolrCloud vector search stack from GitHub, ready to work with WPSOLR. What is Solr ? While the default WordPress search (and many

Add Weaviate AI search to your Wordpress

How to (Easily) Configure Weaviate (AI search) on WordPress

What if you wanted to have an AI search for your WordPress websites ? Thanks to WPSolr and Weaviate, you can set it up. Weaviate vector search stack for WPSOLR You can install our fully functional Weaviate vector search stack from GitHub, ready to work with WPSOLR. What is Weaviate ? Weaviate is an open-source vector database. It is free to download (and install) and you can use it as an AI search engine to upgrade your WordPress search. AI search offers multiple benefits and uses : Semantic search : This type of search uses a vector database and works by matching meanings and contexts instead of literal words. For example, “something to sleep on” would return beds even if the results don’t contain

Integrate Opensearch into Wordpress websites

How to (Easily) Configure Opensearch on WordPress

One of the best ways of improving user experience on your WordPress websites is to have a speedy and accurate search. While the default search can be quite effective on websites with limited amounts of data, it’s speed can become problematic (slow) as traffic and data increases. This is why, in this case, you should replace your WordPress search with a high performance search engine. But where do you start? Opensearch is an easy choice, since it is probably the one with the best price to performance ratio.Opensearch Opensearch text and vector search stack for WPSOLR You can install our fully functional Opensearch text and vector search stack from GitHub, ready to work with WPSOLR. What is Opensearch ? While the default WordPress search (and

How to (Easily) Configure Elasticsearch on WordPress

One of the best ways of improving user experience on your WordPress websites is to have a speedy and accurate search. While the default search can be quite effective on websites with limited amounts of data, it’s speed can become problematic (slow) as traffic and data increases. This is why, in this case, you should replace your WordPress search with a high performance search engine. But where do you start? Elasticsearch is an easy choice, since it is probably the one with the best price to performance ratio. Elasticsearch search stack for WPSOLR You can install our fully functional Elasticsearch search stack from GitHub, ready to work with WPSOLR. What is Elasticsearch ? While the default WordPress search (and many other search plugins such

Add search & facets to your Woocommerce wesbite using WPSolr

Feature highlight : Woocommerce product search & facets

WooCommerce powers approximately 23% of the world’s e-commerce websites. With this extensive reach, WPSolr, a WordPress search and recommendations plugin, offers integration specifically designed to cater to WooCommerce sites, making it a likely solution to meet your needs. Check out our Woocommerce integration documentation. Woocommerce search WPSolr will allow you to add Ajax (live) search to your Woocommerce website. From the WPSolr dashboard, you can select which data to display for each Woocommerce product result. : Woocommerce facets WPSolr offers plenty of facets to choose from. You can use them filter the Woocommerce shop : You can then easily add these WPSolr facets to your Woocommerce sidebar using widgets :

Feature highlight : WordPress facets (filters)

Whether you’re running an e-commerce store with Woocommerce, managing a news platform, or curating a blog, you would want to let your users personalize their WordPress browsing experience by adding facets to your website’s search functionality. WPSolr allows for that. Add faceted search to any WordPress or Woocommerce website WPSolr is a search & recommendations plugin that can also integrate facets powered by world-class search engines. They are highly customizable and deliver lightning fast results. WPSolr also offer quite a few of them : checkboxes, radioboxes, select box, date picker, slider, color picker, etc… You can learn how to add them in our official documentation.

What are search facets, how to use them, and what are their limitations?

Search facets, also known as faceted navigation or faceted search, are a powerful feature used in many websites and search engines to help users refine their search results. Facets provide a structured way of categorizing and filtering search results based on different attributes or characteristics of the data. They allow users to narrow down their search by selecting specific values within these attributes, making it easier to find relevant information. What are facets ? Search facets are front-end components that allow the users to filter the items they want to see based on their respective metadata or taxonomies. Each facet represents a specific attribute of the data, such as product categories, price ranges, dates, or any other relevant characteristic. They can be displayed