Elasticpress: Enabling Admin feature does not enable the ES search on the media library

[j3j5]

I've been testing with the latest version of the develop branch, and, with the admin feature enabled, the search for the media library doesn't use ElasticSearch, even though WP internally is using WP_Query.

After debugging a bit I've found what I think it was wrong.

There is a check, on the setup of the search feature that ensures ElasticPress isn't used when using AJAX requests to the admin. The filter ep_admin_wp_query_integration is set on the admin feature but, on the plugin class the search is loaded before the admin, so when the setup is done, the filter from the admin isn't yet set.

Afterwards, there is another check, from the filter ep_ajax_wp_query_integration but looking on the plugin's source code, that filter isn't set anywhere. As I understand it, it should be set within the admin's feature setup, right after the previously mentioned filter.

Am I understanding this wrong? If not and this is a bug I can create a PR with these simple fixes. I've been testing for a while and nothing seems to break after applying them.

Thanks for the good work on this plugin!

[tlovett1]

Hey @j3j5, hold tight on this one. Internally we are deciding on the scope of this feature and whether it should affect the media library. More info soon!

[marcocanestrari]

Yes please!

[shpetimshala]

@tlovett1 any news regarding this feature ?

[tlovett1]

The Media feature is slated for 2.3. However, I don't think that will touch media library search. Unfortunately the state of this particular feature is unknown. Happy to consider PRs.

[svandragt]

Any update on this? We have a media library with 50k+ images that would really benefit from this.