Search Engine
Regular and Index table engine - what are the main differences?
The plugin offers two separate search engines, the regular and the index table engines.
We generally recommend using the Index Table engine for all installations, the regular engine will do just fine for regular use-cases.
Please check the Index Table documentation on how to configure it.
Regular Engine | Index Table Engine |
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Okay for smaller databases (>1000 items) | For any database size, but excellent for performance for bigger ones |
Slower, as it uses the WordPress tables for search | Very Fast - as it uses the custom generated database for the keyword search |
Can do Exact Matches on consecutive keywords | Exact matches are only possible per keyword |
Can not search shortcode contents | Can extract and search shortcode contents |
Only simple relevance calculation due to database limitations | Excellent relevance calculation - as matched keyword occurences can be calculated |
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