Mikko Saari – @msaari | WordPress.org

Member Since: June 9th, 2008
Location: Tampere, Finland
Website: relevanssi.com
Job Title: CEO
Employer: Painava sana oy
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WordPress developer, best known for developing Relevanssi, a better search solution to replace the default WordPress search. Also a father, a husband and a board game fanatic.

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Posted a reply to I cannot add custom fields, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah, that's true. I checked, and this way it works: add_action( 'init', function() { remove_filter(…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to I cannot add custom fields, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Congratulations, you have discovered a bug in Relevanssi. You can fix this by adding this…

2 days ago
Posted a reply to I can’t search by a 3 digit numeric string, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Well, I don't know anything about that, so unfortunately I can't help with that.

3 days ago
Posted a reply to I can’t search by a 3 digit numeric string, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
For some reason Relevanssi is not using a search term at all there. Very hard…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to I can’t search by a 3 digit numeric string, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you try the same search in Relevanssi admin search (Dashboard > Admin search), does…

3 days ago
Posted a reply to zero hits, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Change the function to this and then save the post: add_filter( 'relevanssi_remove_punctuation', 'swat_fix', 8 );…

4 days ago
Posted a reply to zero hits, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Try save the post. Does that help?

5 days ago
Posted a reply to No posts show in search results Ask me theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's probably your theme then, it's doing very non-standard thing with the search. I don't…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Searching by SKU not working (it’s indexed), on the site WordPress.org Forums:
post_types is a correct parameter for post types with Relevanssi; other WooCommerce installations without Relevanssi…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to No posts show in search results Ask me theme, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
That’s not the default WP search. Are you using FacetWP or Search & Filter? FacetWP…

6 days ago
Posted a reply to Problem with some search words, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@shobha2208 You're in the wrong place then, and should be asking about this from Genesis…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Relevanssi not searching titles, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Could you please post a screenshot that would show where the taxonomy term matches appear…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Problem with some search words, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
@suzyoo are you using custom excerpts in Relevanssi? Try disabling them. Does that help?

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Relevanssi not searching titles, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you please show me a screenshot of the admin search so I can see?

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Seeking The Fastest & Lightest Search Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Relevanssi Light creates two options in the wp_options database table, and will remove them on…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Posts not found, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Does it solve the problem here if you disable the custom snippets?

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Critical Error Doing a Search, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Absolutely no idea, unless I see the error message. Please post the error message here…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Counting posts… 0 posts found., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Relevanssi doesn't care about the database name; if WordPress works, Relevanssi should also work. Do…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Counting posts… 0 posts found., on the site WordPress.org Forums:
What does the state of the index show? Is there a correct number of indexed…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Front-end search failure after upgrade today, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Ah, lots of problems with FacetWP recently. Good to know that's the cause here as…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Posts not found, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Looks like the search works on the background, as the categories and pagination seem to…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Posts not found, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you sure your front end search is Relevanssi in the first place? At least…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Posts not found, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can Relevanssi find anything? Is it just some posts that cannot be found?

1 week ago
Posted a reply to zero hits, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Relevanssi sees "s.w.a.t." as "s w a t", and then just discards it. One way…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Relevanssi not searching titles, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Check the Relevanssi admin search (Dashboard > Admin search). Do you get the same results…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Relevanssi not searching titles, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, don't remove all stop words. They are important to make the search run faster,…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Undefined index: meta_key in file C:\\laragon\\www\\example\\wp-content\\plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Relevanssi Premium support is here. However, since this question also applies to the free version,…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Relevanssi not searching titles, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
"All", "around" and "us" are all stopwords. If you search for apples of gold, you'll…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Problem with some search words, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's hard to say. If you search for "ponnappa" with Relevanssi admin search (Dashboard >…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Relevanssi breaks site search if Oxygen Builder is being used, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Which versions? I have WP 5.6, Oxygen 3.6 and Relevanssi 4.10.2, and the search works…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Posts not found, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm not sure what's the situation with Relevanssi and Elementor right now is – at…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Seeking The Fastest & Lightest Search Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Query Monitor is the best tool. You don't even have to open it. When it's…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Can I use 3 instances of the search widget using Relevanssi, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, you can use as many widgets as possible, just add extra parameters to them…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to set different search bar parameters, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Adjusting the appearance of the search form is a question of CSS, you can adjust…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to set different search bar parameters, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Can you use shortcodes with the Divi builder? You can use the [searchform post_type="post"] shortcode…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Unable to find anything?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, JetSmart Filters are not compatible with Relevanssi.

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to One specific page’s title not showing up in search results, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you search with the Relevanssi admin search, does the title show up there? How…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Front-end search failure after upgrade today, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hmm, the search page is showing a varying number of pages, too, so it's like…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Seeking The Fastest & Lightest Search Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No settings, it's pretty much fully automatic, unless you want to add some extra content…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to set different search bar parameters, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
No, Relevanssi doesn't restrict you at all, you can set different parameters to all your…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Relevanssi vs Relevanssi Light, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, it's better than the default WP search, it's much faster (especially in large sites)…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Seeking The Fastest & Lightest Search Plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It’s definitely not Relevanssi. If your hosting has the required database capabilities, Relevanssi Light is…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Unable to find anything?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It's possible they've already fixed this in Elementor, then; I'm not sure. If Relevanssi works…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to set different search bar parameters, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can have separate search bars that search different things. How that exactly works out…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Relevanssi vs Relevanssi Light, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The UX with the Light is the same as WP default search: quite good. And…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Unable to find anything?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
First: try searching with the Relevanssi admin search (Dashboard > Admin search). Does that work?…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to set different search bar parameters, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Relevanssi uses the default parameters, unless the search form instructs otherwise. If you want a…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Relevanssi vs Relevanssi Light, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
30 megabytes? You have a small database 😄 on my bigger sites, the Relevanssi database…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Relevanssi vs Relevanssi Light, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Just give it a go, all I would do in an update would be to…

2 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Relevanssi vs Relevanssi Light, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The plugins do not interact, do as you wish, as long as both plugins are…

2 weeks ago