Extension:ExtendedSearch

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
ExtendedSearch; Release status: stable
Description	Elasticsearch based search plugin to extend the search functionality
Author(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Maintainer(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Latest version	-
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.
MediaWiki	1.43 (LTS)
Database changes	Yes
	Parameters $wgESBackendPassword; $wgESBackendUsername; $wgESExternalFilePaths; $wgESAutoRecognizeSubpages; $wgESSearchInRawWikitext; $wgESSharedUploadsIndexPrefix; $wgESEnableTypeFilter; $wgESRecentBoostFactor; $wgESWildcardingOperators; $wgESUseSharedUploads; $wgESEnableSearchHistoryTracking; $wgESSearchCenterDefaultFilters; $wgESOverrideSpecialSearch; $wgTagSearchSearchFieldTemplatePath; $wgExtendedSearchExternalFilePathsExcludes; $wgESBackendClass; $wgESSourceConfig; $wgESLookupModifierRegExPatterns; $wgESWildcardingSeparators; $wgESSecureResults; $wgESIndexPrefix; $wgESMatchPercentBoostFactor; $wgESAllowIndexingDocumentsWithoutContent; $wgESBackendHost; $wgESSubpageMasterFilterPatterns; $wgESAutoSetLangFilter; $wgESSubpageMasterFilterUseRootOnly; $wgESBackendPort; $wgESOfferOperatorSuggestion; $wgESExcludeNamespaces; $wgESDefaultSearchOperator; $wgESMatchPercentTitleField; $wgESBackendTransport;
	Added rights extendedsearch-search-specialpage; extendedsearch-search-wikipage; extendedsearch-search-repofile; extendedsearch-search-externalfile;
	Hooks used BeforePageDisplay; GetPreferences; LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates; MWStakeCommonUIRegisterSkinSlotComponents; MWStakeGenericTagHandlerInitTags; NamespaceManager::editNamespace; OpenSearchUrls; SpecialPage_initList; UserMergeAccountFields;
	Hooks provided BSExtendedSearchMakeSource; BSExtendedSearchTriggerUpdate; BSExtendedSearchIndexDocumentSkip;
Licence	GNU General Public License 3.0 only
Download	Download extension ; Git [?]: Browse repository (GitHub); Gerrit code review; Git commit log; Download source tarball;
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This extension is mainly supported in an external venue: BlueSpice Community Forum.
If you need help, you should post there, and not on the talk page.

The ExtendedSearch extension replaces the default MediaWiki search engine. It is based on the Elasticsearch engine and provides many improvements over standard MediaWiki search both in terms of quality of indexed content and user interface. It offers two ways of searching for content:

Autocomplete
SearchCenter

Usage / features

Searching titles, full text, files
Search-as-you-type and auto-complete
Ignore upper and lower case
Searching with operators (AND, OR, NOT)
Searching with wildcards
Search for phrases
Fuzzy search
Faceted search (set filters on search results)

External links

Helpdesk: ExtendedSearch

Installation

Add the repo url (https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-ExtendedSearch

.git) as a "vcs repository" and the package name (mediawiki/ExtendedSearch) and version to the require section of your composer.local.json. Example:

{
	"repositories": [
		{
			"type": "vcs",
			"url": "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-ExtendedSearch
.git"
		}
	],
	"require": {
		"mediawiki/ExtendedSearch": "ExtendedSearch"
	}
}

Run the following command in your MediaWiki installation path

composer update --no-dev

Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

wfLoadExtension( 'ExtendedSearch' );

Done Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

External Links

This extension was originally made for BlueSpice . BlueSpice is a MediaWiki distribution for enterprises and organizations. It enhances MediaWiki, in particular in the areas of quality management, process support, administration, editing and security. This extension is bundled with BlueSpice free.

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