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2025

v15 December 16, 2025​

  • Sorting dropdown accessibility fixed — The sorting dropdown now includes a proper label, improving screen reader compatibility.
  • Search result encoding fixed — Characters previously appearing as garbled symbols in results are now displayed correctly.
  • Attribute-based search improved — Search queries referencing product attributes no longer require users to include units to get correct results.

v15 December 9, 2025​

  • Product code autocorrection fixed — Alphanumeric product code queries are no longer incorrectly autocorrected to unrelated terms.
  • Page Boosting with negative values fixed — Numeric Data Point boosting now works correctly when negative values are involved.
  • Result Manager reordering fixed — Reordering items in a Result Manager mapping no longer causes save failures or unexpected search errors.
  • Accessibility fix: broken ARIA reference resolved — The aria-labelledby attribute in search results now correctly references the intended element.

v15 November 24, 2025​

  • Deleted pages now removed from index — Pages removed from the source are reliably cleared from the search index after reindexing.
  • Synonym title matching improved — Title-level matches for synonym queries now return correct results consistently.
  • Mobile close button overlap fixed — On narrow screens, the close button in the overlay search no longer overlaps with the search input.
  • Index export status corrected — Blacklisted URLs no longer appear as "Indexed" in the index export.

v15 November 12, 2025​

  • Indexing failure for specific pages resolved — Pages that failed to index due to incorrect content extraction logic are now indexed successfully.
  • Search Map display parameters fixed — Display parameters and Data Point value widths now behave correctly across all configurations.
  • Custom plan settings preserved — Custom plan configurations no longer revert to defaults after saving.
  • Annual plan activation fixed — Paid annual plans now activate correctly after purchase.
  • Query rewriting causing missing results fixed — Certain queries were being rewritten in a way that severely limited result counts; this has been corrected.

v15 October 28, 2025​

  • Search Map loading restored — The Search Map view now loads correctly after previously failing to display.
  • Smarter short-word search — Fixed an issue where short search terms incorrectly triggered semantic matches for unrelated words.
  • Page details now always available — Indexed pages no longer show a "Could not load page details" error without requiring a manual reindex.
  • Lightspeed reindexing speed improved — Reindexing on Lightspeed-connected projects is now significantly faster.
  • Character encoding in results fixed — Special characters appearing incorrectly in a portion of indexed results are now extracted and displayed correctly.
  • API Key Management released — You can now generate, name, and delete API keys directly in Account > API Access.

Important: Existing API keys will remain valid until the end of March 2026 as a precautionary measure.

v15 October 15, 2025​

  • Search endpoint access control added — You can now require authentication to access search API endpoints, preventing unauthorized access when a Site ID is known.

v15 September 30, 2025​

  • Lightspeed search fixed — The search widget now correctly replaces native Lightspeed search and displays results on live stores.
  • Subscription sync restored — Customers who renewed their plan now see the correct subscription status in the Control Panel immediately.
  • Synonyms now applied correctly — Synonym rules are reliably applied to search results as configured.
  • Automatic reindexing restored — Scheduled reindexes now trigger as expected without manual intervention.
  • Paid plan activation fixed — Users switching from Free to a Paid plan are now moved to the correct plan without delay.
  • Filter deletion unblocked — Deleting a filter in the Control Panel no longer fails silently.
  • Password reset restored — Users can now successfully reset their password via the reset flow.
  • Sitemap reindex stability improved — Pages briefly disappearing and reappearing during reindexes have been stabilized.

v15 September 30, 2025​

  • Lightspeed search not replacing native search — Fixed an issue where the Lightspeed integration failed to replace the native site search on live websites.
  • Users unable to be added to project — Fixed an issue preventing project owners from adding new users to their SS360 project.
  • Search returns incorrect semantic matches — Fixed an issue where search queries returned semantically incorrect results due to overly broad concept matching.
  • Password reset emails not delivered — Fixed an issue where password reset emails were not being received by users.
  • Outgoing mail server missing HTTPS support — Fixed an issue where the SS360 mail server did not support secure HTTPS connections, causing delivery warnings.
  • Result group order not applied in Lightspeed — Fixed an issue where configured result group ordering was not respected in Lightspeed search.
  • Error 500 when disabling update validity — Fixed a server error that occurred when attempting to disable the update validity setting in the control panel.
  • Browser freeze during image extraction rule testing — Fixed an issue where testing an image extraction rule on certain pages caused the browser to freeze.

v15 September 16, 2025​

  • Keyboard focus conflict in fullscreen search mode — Fixed an accessibility issue in Chrome where ARIA aria-hidden caused focus to become trapped in fullscreen search mode.
  • Lightspeed indexing stuck — Fixed an issue where Lightspeed projects became stuck during indexing and failed to complete.

v15 September 9, 2025​

  • Lightspeed indexing stuck — Fixed multiple instances where Lightspeed projects became stuck during indexing and failed to complete.
  • "Copy link to list position" not restoring scroll position — Fixed an issue where copying a link to a result list position did not restore the correct scroll position when the link was opened.
  • Stale pages persisting after emptying index — Fixed an issue where non-API pages remained in search results after the index was emptied.
  • Lightspeed not replacing native search — Fixed an issue where the Lightspeed integration did not replace the site's native search functionality.

v15 July 22, 2025​

  • Settings panel blank when switching tabs in Suggestions menu — Fixed an issue where the Design & Publish settings panel appeared blank when switching tabs while the Suggestions customization menu was open.
  • Article number attribute affecting results when not configured — Fixed an issue where the sxIdentifierAttribute field continued to influence search results even when it was not set as the article number.

v15 July 8, 2025​

  • otherName parameter not applied in search — Fixed an issue where the otherName API parameter had no effect on search results.
  • Crawler session lost due to malformed cookie header — Fixed an issue where the crawler sent a malformed cookie header, causing session loss on sites using CAS authentication.

v15 June 17, 2025​

  • Indexing stuck due to concurrent lock — Fixed an issue where projects could not be indexed because the system incorrectly reported that indexing was already in progress.
  • Incorrect filter counts in search results — Fixed an issue where filter facet counts were sometimes displayed incorrectly in search results.

v15 June 10, 2025​

  • Lightspeed integration appending unwanted URL parameter — Fixed an issue where the Lightspeed integration added an unexpected parameter to the page URL during search.
  • Renaming a result group changes result count — Fixed an issue where renaming a result group caused the displayed number of results to change unexpectedly.

v15 May 27, 2025​

  • Pass On attribute setting missing from configuration — Fixed an issue where the Pass On attribute setting was absent from the project configuration interface.

v15 May 19, 2025​

  • Grouped results toggle causes search snippets to disappear — Fixed an issue where toggling grouped results on or off caused search snippets to stop displaying.

v15 April 23, 2025​

  • Wildcard search missing filters for certain field types — Fixed an issue where not all filter options were shown for date-type fields when performing a wildcard search.

v15 March 18, 2025​

  • "Frequently searched" and "popular results" labels not translated — Fixed an issue where the "frequently searched" and "popular results" UI labels were not translated according to the configured site language.

v15 Launch​

  • Redesigned search UI
  • Navigation improvements and new options
  • Mini PDP for product search
  • Improved filter UX
  • Replaced sass variables with css variables for better customizability
  • Accessibility improvements
  • Added structured microdata to result cards
  • Just go to the blog article Introducing our new search plugin to learn more