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  Search Improvements

  A collection of improvements to XF's Enhanced Search and some for XenForo's default MySQL search.

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  A collection of improvements to XF's Enhanced Search and some for XenForo's default MySQL search.
  
  MySQL & Elastic Search features;
  

  • Allow * (or empty search string) to return results, for MySQL and XFES
  • range_query search DSL
    • allows arbitrary range queries for numerical data
  • Allow users to select the default search order independent for the forum wide setting.
    • Re-adds the global option for the default search type
  • Display search terms on the search results page
  • Add "Search only X" search criteria to individual handler pages, where X is thread/conversation/ticket/ect instead of searching thread/post etc.
    • Makes general search a true subset of member search

  Elastic Search Only features:
  

  • Add ability to push "can view threads/tickets by other" permission(s) into ElasticSearch query, reducing php-side culling of matching content.
    This improves searching forums/tickets where the user lacks these permissions.
    
    This is gated behind the option Push "View X by others" check into XFES', as it requires a full reindex. (Default disabled)
    
    Supports the following add-ons:
    • View Sticky Threads.
    • Collaborative Threads.
    • @NixFifty 's Tickets.
    For best results, use ElasticSearch Essentials add-on, as it simplifies this permission constraint compared to stock XenForo
  • Restore default search order option
  • Per content type weighting
  • Adds Elastic Search information to the AdminCP home screen.
  • Adds a debug option to log the search DSL queries to error log for troubleshooting
  • Option to extend search syntax to permit;
    • + signifies AND operation
    • | signifies OR operation
    • - negates a single token
    • " wraps a number of tokens to signify a phrase for searching
    • * at the end of a term signifies a prefix query
    • ( and ) signify precedence
    • ~N after a word signifies edit distance (fuzziness)
    • ~N after a phrase signifies slop amount
    • In order to search for any of these special characters, they will need to be escaped with \.
  • "Specialized index" support
    • Specialized search index allows generating single-purpose elastic search indexes while re-using as much XF search infrastructure as possible.

  https://atelieraphelion.com/products/better-tag-autocomplete.106/

  https://atelieraphelion.com/products/better-username-autocomplete.109/

  
  These are examples of a "specialized index".
  
  The username autocomplete it creates an index with just the user/email and replaces the admin quick search and front-end username autocomplete with an elasticsearch powered version.
  
  The tag autocomplete replaces the front-end tag autocomplete with an elasticsearch powered version.
  
  In both cases this allows non-start-of-string matching, with typo tolerance.
  
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  2.19.0 Stable Available Mar 26, 2026 · 6

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  • Workaround "Maximum writeset size exceeded" SQL error when pruning search results
  • Add Maximum number of search/find new results for guests option
    • Initialized to the same value as "Maximum number of search/find new results"

  2.18.0 Stable Available Mar 12, 2026 · 1

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  • Require StandardLib v1.23.0+
  • php 8.4+ compatibility fixes
  • Fix Ticket's reply-count range search criteria into search page didn't work
  • Ensure injecting participants search for Tickets keeps working if the macro syntax is updated
  • Compatibility update for upcoming Content Ratings v2.9.0+

  2.17.7 Stable Available Feb 4, 2026 · 0

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  File size: 117.1 KB

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  • Improve XF Cloud support
  • Fix sorting by a custom elasticsearch field didn't work as expected when using SearchOrder class (ie Report Improvements and sorting reports by comment count)

  2.17.6 Stable Available Jan 20, 2026 · 1

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  File size: 116.6 KB

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  • XF2.3.8 compatibility fix
  • Adjust Collect search DSL & debug statistics so Log & show on search results only displays to members by defaults and not guests.

  2.17.4 Stable Available Nov 1, 2025 · 0

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  File size: 116.5 KB

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  A collection of improvements to XF's Enhanced Search and some for XenForo's default MySQL search.
  
  MySQL & Elastic Search features;
  

  • Allow * (or empty search string) to return results, for MySQL and XFES
  • range_query search DSL
    • allows arbitrary range queries for numerical data
  • Allow users to select the default search order independent for the forum wide setting.
    • Re-adds the global option for the default search type
  • Display search terms on the search results page
  • Add "Search only X" search criteria to individual handler pages, where X is thread/conversation/ticket/ect instead of searching thread/post etc.
    • Makes general search a true subset of member search

  Elastic Search Only features:
  

  • Add ability to push "can view threads/tickets by other" permission(s) into ElasticSearch query, reducing php-side culling of matching content.
    This improves searching forums/tickets where the user lacks these permissions.
    
    This is gated behind the option Push "View X by others" check into XFES', as it requires a full reindex. (Default disabled)
    
    Supports the following add-ons:
    • View Sticky Threads.
    • Collaborative Threads.
    • @NixFifty 's Tickets.
    For best results, use ElasticSearch Essentials add-on, as it simplifies this permission constraint compared to stock XenForo
  • Restore default search order option
  • Per content type weighting
  • Adds Elastic Search information to the AdminCP home screen.
  • Adds a debug option to log the search DSL queries to error log for troubleshooting
  • Option to extend search syntax to permit;
    • + signifies AND operation
    • | signifies OR operation
    • - negates a single token
    • " wraps a number of tokens to signify a phrase for searching
    • * at the end of a term signifies a prefix query
    • ( and ) signify precedence
    • ~N after a word signifies edit distance (fuzziness)
    • ~N after a phrase signifies slop amount
    • In order to search for any of these special characters, they will need to be escaped with \.
  • "Specialized index" support
    • Specialized search index allows generating single-purpose elastic search indexes while re-using as much XF search infrastructure as possible.

  https://atelieraphelion.com/products/better-tag-autocomplete.106/

  https://atelieraphelion.com/products/better-username-autocomplete.109/

  
  These are examples of a "specialized index".
  
  The username autocomplete it creates an index with just the user/email and replaces the admin quick search and front-end username autocomplete with an elasticsearch powered version.
  
  The tag autocomplete replaces the front-end tag autocomplete with an elasticsearch powered version.
  
  In both cases this allows non-start-of-string matching, with typo tolerance.
  
  Options:
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  • Search Options
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