Pantheon Search powered by Elasticsearch

Elasticsearch on Pantheon gives WordPress teams a fully managed search service that goes beyond basic site search — offloading database queries, handling traffic spikes, and delivering features like fuzzy matching and autosuggest without the overhead of managing an external provider.

Overview

Pantheon provides integrated Elasticsearch support for WordPress sites through the ElasticPress plugin. Elasticsearch is a powerful search and query engine that offloads demanding WP_Query requests from your database, delivering faster search results, superior search features, and improved overall site performance for your visitors.

By bringing Elasticsearch directly onto the Pantheon platform, you get a fully managed search service without the operational burden of maintaining an external search provider.

Which Plans Can Use Elasticsearch?

Elasticsearch is available for WordPress sites on Performance and Elite site plans. Every environment on your site (Dev, Test, Live, and Multidevs) receives its own Elasticsearch endpoint. Elasticsearch is not available on Sandbox sites.

Elasticsearch and Solr

Pantheon also offers Solr-based search. You can have both Solr and Elasticsearch activated on a site at the same time, which is useful during migration. However, running both simultaneously in production is not recommended. For new search implementations, Elasticsearch with ElasticPress is the recommended path.

Support

For support with Elasticsearch on Pantheon, contact Pantheon Support through the Dashboard. Include details about your site, the environment you're working in, and the specific issue you're encountering.

For ElasticPress plugin-specific questions, refer to the ElasticPress documentation.