# ElasticPress

WordPress plugin that connects a WordPress site to an Elasticsearch server for search.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/elasticpress/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.elasticpress.io/
- repository: https://github.com/10up/ElasticPress

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: 10up LLC
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: search
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 7.4
- basedOn: wordpress

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: wordpress plugin directory, zip download

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: GPL-2.0, GPL v2 or later

### Releases

- currentMajor: 5
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-10

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1302
- packagistDownloads: unknown
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: 725
- wordpressActiveInstalls: 8000
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.elasticpress.io/ (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/10up/ElasticPress (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://www.elasticpress.io/ (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainerType: https://wordpress.org/plugins/elasticpress/ (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/10up/ElasticPress (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/10up/ElasticPress/develop/elasticpress.php (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/10up/ElasticPress (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/10up/ElasticPress/develop/elasticpress.php (read 2026-10-19)
- basedOn: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/10up/ElasticPress/develop/elasticpress.php (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/10up/ElasticPress/develop/elasticpress.php (read 2026-10-19)
- runtimeMin: https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.0/elasticpress.json (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://wordpress.org/plugins/elasticpress/ (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.0/elasticpress.json (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.0/elasticpress.json (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/10up/ElasticPress (read 2026-10-19)
- httpArchiveSites: https://cdn.httparchive.org/v1/technologies (read 2026-10-25)
- wordpressActiveInstalls: https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/?action=plugin_information&request[slug]=elasticpress (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

ElasticPress is a WordPress plugin that connects a site to an Elasticsearch server and uses that server to answer the site's search. The plugin is developed by 10up, a company. ElasticPress.io is a hosted option named on the [project site](https://www.elasticpress.io/).

## Worth knowing

The Elasticsearch server is a separate product that the plugin needs and does not include.

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