Version 5.3.0

Highlights of this version:

• Improved compatibility with Elementor
• Better UX/UI in the Features Screen: Grouped features and conditional display of fields
• New indicator in the WordPress Admin Bar: See if your content is powered by Elasticsearch and how many queries were fired and failed in the current page.

Added

• Grouped features. Props @ZacharyRener and @felipeelia via #4137, #4154, and #4207.
• Selected features and groups now persist across reload. Props @ZacharyRener, @burhandodhy, and @felipeelia via #4138.
• Feature fields can be dependent on other fields. Props @ZacharyRener and @felipeelia via #4141 and #4215.
• Ability to create groups of fields. Props @ZacharyRener and @felipeelia via #4142, #4171, and #4172.
• Ability for a feature to require multiple other features, instead of just one. Props @ZacharyRener and @felipeelia via #4143 and #4229.
• Add new widgets for Date, Meta, and Meta Range Filters. Props @burhandodhy via #4156.
• Status indicator in the WordPress Admin Bar. Props @felipeelia, @burhandodhy, and @tott via #4199 and #4219.
• Add Elasticsearch 9 support. Props @burhandodhy via #4194.
• Support for rand with a seed in the orderby clause. Props @asharirfan, @asharirfan, @burhandodhy, @felipeelia, @tlovett1, @mustafauysal, and @jgmedialtd via #1639.
• Implement "OR" filter relationship in DateQuery. Props @burhandodhy and @eartahhj via #4165.
• Add support for new WP_Query argument ep_intercept_request. Props @burhandodhy via #4185.
• New ElasticPressIoTemplateManager class. Props @burhandodhy and @JakePT via #4189.
• Support for painless scripts in the ES queries. Props @burhandodhy and @scottbuckel via #4181.
• Support to set an array value in the orderby_meta_mapping filters. Props @burhandodhy and @jzzaj via #4188.
• New ep_skip_search_exclusions WP_Query argument. Props @burhandodhy and @JakePT via #4184.
• [Autosuggest] Added link in Status Report to send allowed parameters directly. Props @felipeelia, @burhandodhy, and @tott via #4199.
• New ep_get_query_log filter. Props @felipeelia via #4209.

Changed

• Index srcset for post thumbnails. Props @burhandodhy and @JakePT via #3693.
• Menu SVG icon with default WP color. Props @LenVan via #4167.
• Aggregation data stored at query level instead of a global variable. Props @burhandodhy and @JakePT via #4182.
• Text explaining when a manual sync may be required. Props @felipeelia and @anjulahettige via #4203.
• ElasticPress.io endpoint to fetch messages and available services. Props @felipeelia via #4124.
• [Autosuggest] WP_Query arguments are now passed to Elasticsearch->query() when setting allowed parameters. Props @felipeelia via #4204.
• Exceptions thrown during a post sync will now become error messages in sync processes. Props @felipeelia via #4210.
• Points the taxonomy filter URL to the facet section. Props @burhandodhy via #4217.
• Bumped react-router-dom from 6.14.3 to 7.9.4. Props @burhandodhy via #4214.

Deprecated

• Remove deprecated side param from edge_ngram filter for ES 8.16.x compatibility. Props @rebeccahum via #4155 and #4173.
• The ep_bypass_exclusion_from_search filter (replaced by the new ep_skip_search_exclusions WP_Query argument). Props @burhandodhy and @JakePT via #4184.

Removed

• Old feature settings code. Props @burhandodhy and @JakePT via #4187.

Fixed

• Autosuggest doesn't work if the placeholder is changed via a ep_autosuggest_query_placeholder filter. Props @fabianmarz and @burhandodhy via #1619.
• Link to compatibility documentation in admin notices. Props @dilipbheda via #4126.
• [Metadata Range filter] Warning Undefined array key "is_preview". Props @burhandodhy via #4157.
• 'Filter by Taxonomy' widget does not appear in Elementor. Props @burhandodhy via #4152.
• Add support to handle values in array format when the comparison operator was 'IN' or 'NOT IN'. Props @burhandodhy via #4168.
• Users could see other authors' private posts. Props @burhandodhy via #4169.
• Undefined array key warning related to media mime types. Props @burhandodhy and @DarioBF via #4208.
• Warning: value prop on "input" should not be null. Props @burhandodhy via #4216 and #4221.
• Comment query when orderby set to none. Props @burhandodhy via #4220.
• JS warnings on Status Report page. Props @burhandodhy via #4218.

Security

• Bumped http-proxy-middleware from 2.0.7 to 2.0.9. Props @dependabot via #4135.
• Bumped tar-fs from 3.0.8 to 3.1.1. Props @dependabot via #4160 and #4225.
• Bumped compression from 1.7.5 to 1.8.1. Props @dependabot via #4175.
• Bumped form-data from 4.0.1 to 4.0.4. Props @dependabot via #4178.
• Overwrite package @babel/runtime coming from core packages due to a vulnerability. Props @hugosolar via #4177.

Developer

• Fixed e2e tests on WP 6.8. Props @felipeelia via #4125.
• Migrated e2e tests from Cypress to Playwright. Props @felipeelia via #4134.

See: https://github.com/10up/ElasticPress/milestone/87?closed=1