New Solr-based Search Engine

What is Solr-Based Search? Solr is an open-source enterprise search platform built on Apache Lucene. It provides powerful full-text search, faceted navigation, real-time indexing, and distributed search capabilities, making it suitable for large-scale search and analytics applications. Solr is known for its reliability, scalability, and fault tolerance.

What does it mean for you?

1. Faster Search Performance

• Near-instant results – Solr is optimised for speed and handles large search volumes with ease.

• Real-time indexing – Product and stock updates appear almost immediately in search.

• Offloaded search load – Solr runs independently from your database, improving overall site performance.

2. Smarter, More Relevant Results

• Fuzzy matching & typo tolerance – Users find what they’re looking for, even with misspellings.

• Stemming & synonyms – Smarter recognition of related terms and word variations.

• Custom ranking – Prioritise what matters (e.g. in-stock items, product names, recency).

3. Advanced Filtering

• Multi-level facet filters with counts – Refine by brand, category, attributes, and more.

• Range filters – Price, date, and quantity filters now supported.

• Multi-select filters – Users can select multiple options per filter group.

4. Built for Scale

• Supports millions of products and high traffic with horizontal scalability.

• Improved fault tolerance with built-in sharding and replication.

🛍️ What will you need to do?

Follow the steps below to enable and configure Solr Product Filters on your store.

1. Activate Solr Product Filters

1. Select the store you want to activate Solr on.

2. Go to Manage Store Settings.

3. In the settings menu, navigate to Catalogue → Solr Product Filters.

4. Enable Solr Product Filtering.

5. Turn on any specific filters you want to appear on your store’s filter pages.

2. Compile Theme Changes

1. In the left-hand menu, select Theme.

2. Click Customize on your currently published theme.

3. At the top of the customization page, select the Advanced tab.

4. In the bottom-right corner, click Compile and wait for the success message.

5. Once compiled, click Save.

3. Clear Website Cache

1. In the top-right corner of the screen, click the ! icon inside a circle.

2. Select Clear Global Cache.

4. Re-Index Products

1. In the left-hand menu, scroll down and select System.

2. On the System page, click Search Index.

3. Use the drop-down menu to select the store you enabled Solr on.

4. Click Index Products.

5. Refresh Your Storefront

• Navigate to your store’s frontend.

• Perform a hard refresh:

  • Windows: Press Ctrl + F5 or Ctrl + R

  • Mac: Press Command + Shift + R