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lindemannrock/craft-search-manager
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Advanced multi-backend search management for Craft CMS - supports Algolia, File, Meilisearch, MySQL, Redis, and Typesense

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[![Search Manager](docs/images/hero.webp)](docs/images/hero.webp)

Search Manager for Craft CMS
============================

[](#search-manager-for-craft-cms)

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Advanced multi-backend search management for Craft CMS with BM25 ranking, analytics, caching, query rules, promotions, and a frontend search widget.

License
-------

[](#license)

This is a commercial plugin licensed under the [Craft License](https://craftcms.github.io/license/). It will be available on the [Craft Plugin Store](https://plugins.craftcms.com) soon. See [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) for details.

⚠️ Pre-Release
--------------

[](#️-pre-release)

This plugin is in active development and not yet available on the Craft Plugin Store. Features and APIs may change before the initial public release.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- **7 Search Backends** — MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, File (built-in), plus Algolia, Meilisearch, Typesense
- **BM25 Ranking** — Industry-standard relevance scoring with configurable parameters
- **Search Operators** — Phrase search, NOT, wildcards, field-specific, per-term boosting, boolean operators
- **Fuzzy Matching** — Typo tolerance with n-gram similarity
- **Multi-Language** — Stop words and localized boolean operators in 12 languages (EN, PT, IT, ES, FR, NO, NL, SV, DE, DA, JA, AR)
- **Highlighting &amp; Snippets** — Highlight matched terms and show contextual excerpts
- **Autocomplete** — Search-as-you-type suggestions with separate caching
- **Query Rules** — Synonyms, section/category/element boosting, filtering, redirects
- **Promotions** — Pin elements to fixed positions in search results
- **Analytics** — Track queries, devices, geo-location, performance, content gaps
- **Caching** — Multi-layer caching with cache warming after rebuilds
- **Frontend Widget** — CMD+K search modal (WCAG 2.1 AA, keyboard navigation, theming)
- **Native Search Replacement** — Optionally replace Craft's built-in search
- **REST API** — Search and autocomplete endpoints for headless/mobile apps
- **Pending Syncs CP** — Operator surface for the L3 sync buffer: triage failures, retry, purge, and watch the queue drain live from the Control Panel
- **API Keys** — Generate scoped keys (per-index, per-referrer, expiry, hit caps, rate limits) for the public search, autocomplete, and analytics tracking endpoints. Plaintext shown once; only the HMAC-SHA256 hash is stored. Enable **Require API Key** to enforce keys via the `X-Search-Manager-Key` header; per-key rate limiting returns `429` when a key exceeds its search/autocomplete requests-per-minute cap
- **Privacy-First** — IP hashing, subnet masking, async geo-lookup, GDPR-friendly

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- Craft CMS 5.0+
- PHP 8.2+
- [Logging Library](https://github.com/LindemannRock/craft-logging-library) 5.0+ — optional, install in CP for logs

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

### Via Composer

[](#via-composer)

```
composer require lindemannrock/craft-search-manager
```

```
php craft plugin/install search-manager
```

```
php craft search-manager/security/generate-salt
```

### Using DDEV

[](#using-ddev)

```
ddev composer require lindemannrock/craft-search-manager
```

```
ddev craft plugin/install search-manager
```

```
ddev craft search-manager/security/generate-salt
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Full documentation is available in the [docs](docs/) folder.

Support
-------

[](#support)

- **Issues**: [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/LindemannRock/craft-search-manager/issues)
- **Email**:

License
-------

[](#license-1)

This plugin is licensed under the [Craft License](https://craftcms.github.io/license/). See [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) for details.

---

Developed by [LindemannRock](https://lindemannrock.com)

###  Health Score

48

—

FairBetter than 93% of packages

Maintenance94

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.7% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~2 days

Total

83

Last Release

15d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/81223527?v=4)[Lindemann](/maintainers/bhlindemann)[@bhlindemann](https://github.com/bhlindemann)

---

Top Contributors

[![bhlindemann](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/81223527?v=4)](https://github.com/bhlindemann "bhlindemann (670 commits)")[![github-actions[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4)](https://github.com/github-actions[bot] "github-actions[bot] (23 commits)")

---

Tags

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###  Code Quality

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