Always nice get positive feedback about @SearchAndFilter - thanks Kristen 😁

The @commercegurus team just did an extensive breakdown of @SearchAndFilter . I'm glad (but not suprised) to see we managed to get a 99/100 page speed score on mobile with a 1000 product catalogue using their Shoptimizer theme. I want to see how far we can push this so I'm thinking of re-running the experiment at 10k and 50k posts as more extreme follow up - let me know if that's something you want to see! commercegurus.com/search-and…

Last week I posted an update about @SearchAndFilter 's new integrations and asked who would answer the call. We have a new one, and it’s actually a cool plugin for @WooCommerce stores. SaveTo Wishlist updated their integration, so now saving to your wishlist works properly after searching/filtering with our plugin. I love to see that actual humans still collaborate which is more important than ever these days in WP. Thanks to @jkohlbach & the @RymeraWebCo team for the great work!

We made our plugin 30x times faster. * This is not clickbait (I've got receipts) * I'm working on a full technical write-up for our blog next week, if there's anything you'd like to know and I'll see if I can include it!

Just in: you can now run faceted search on a fully static WordPress site with @SimplyStaticWP and @SearchAndFilter Static sites can improve performance and security although they usually come with other limitations. But not this time - as far as I know this is the only integration out there that allows you to use an existing WordPress plugin for searching & filtering, with a static site setup. Credit to @patrickposner_ who did the heavy lifting, helping us achieve an integration with both the Simply Static plugin and Simply Static Studio. Docs and a walkthrough video coming shortly!

In just 5 prompts you can create a WooCommerce store with advanced search and filtering. The next update of Search & Filter introduces our abilities, unlocking tons of potential and allowing you to create advanced filters for almost any data type in wordpress. With our suggestions ability, we detect what data and plugins you are using and surface whats availablem so your LLM doesn't have to go looking for it. Would love to get some feedback on this from anyone building WordPress sites with LLMs - let me know if you'd like to try it. Recommended plugins to enable MCP in WordPress in the comments 👇

We are are hiring for support. The quality of our support is a huge factor that I think made for our success (I'm writing a post about that for next week). In the meantime, please help me find someone who can help: - The first line of support, for new tickets (Tier 1) - 6-8 hours a day, Monday - Friday - Fully remote If working closely with a small ambitious product team (thats us 👇) in the WordPress space sounds like your thing, get in touch. And if you know anyone suitable, please pass on their details. Please share for reach.

Just landed back home from WordCamp Europe. I’d say it was the best one yet. Funny thing happened - people I'd never met were stopping me and referencing that initial “this is me” post from a couple of weeks ago. A few said some version of: "you don't seem like someone who just came out of the corner" which is flattering - it’s not as easy as it looked. That feels kindof strange because I was always the shy kid (*with a dash of breaking the rules here and there). Now I’m actively putting myself out there as a CEO. I feel this is something that is simultaneously personally intimidating yet necessary for my business right now. Plus it kinda feels good 😊 So was the event worth it? Four meetings were the most obvious value add to @SearchAndFilter : • The team from @commercegurus , two amazing chaps from Ireland (@simontomkins & @colmtroy), sharp on ecommerce - it’s our second time meeting and I think without meeting in person we wouldn’t be having the productive conversations we are today. • @KatieKeithBarn2 and I had a few chats. We have some overlap in products - I love her openness and desire to collaborate on other areas (and we will probably). • @paloukas from Pressidium - all round great energy and we made some good progress with a partnership we’ve been discussing. • Caught up with @MrBrianHaas and the digicube team again. They went from customer, to building our website, to friends - I always look forward to seeing their team at these events. I also asked a question I was curious about: why do people who've been building for 10+ years, some, mostly invisible, suddenly start showing up? It was a common pattern this year. I assumed it was new products or struggling with user acquisition. @dannyvankooten was one of them - and his answer was simpler: he just wanted to “stick a finger in the air and see which way the wind is blowing” with WordPress. That's partly why I went too. It was also the first year bringing the whole team and it was really great getting to know them better - I have to say I couldn’t have done it without them - a huge thanks to Vesela & Panagiotis @BobWP @remkusdevries @idavinder #wceu

What’s the #1 reason you’re coming to @WCEurope this year? Best comments get these cool @SearchAndFilter tote bags. I've been going to WordCamps for a few years. This time I feel it’s different. Among other reasons, I feel it is taking a stand for WordPress at its most unstable of times. It’s the first time I’m doing contributor day, and the first time I'm coming with the whole team - we'll all be there on contributor day. I've applied to be on the Core AI table. See you there! #WCEU