FindAstra

Changelog

Last updated: June 8, 2026

Every shipped version of FindAstra, newest first. Pro updates install automatically on licensed sites; the free version updates through WordPress.org. The same notes ship in the plugin's readme.

v0.11.7June 8, 2026
  • changed The in-browser Local engine now loads its runtime entirely from the plugin, with no external CDN fallback of any kind.
  • changed Internal naming and packaging cleanup.
v0.11.6June 5, 2026
  • changed The free version is fully functional with no product limit: index your whole catalog with the Local engine.
  • changed The OpenAI and Hugging Face server-side engines, WPML/Polylang multilingual indexing, and search analytics are now part of FindAstra Pro.
  • added Documented the external services each engine can contact (the in-browser model download and the optional Pro APIs).
v0.11.5June 4, 2026
  • added Background indexing for the OpenAI and Hugging Face engines: click “Index now” and you can close the tab. Indexing keeps running on the server and resumes if interrupted.
  • changed Faster indexing: larger embedding batches mean far fewer API calls, so big stores finish in a fraction of the time.
  • changed Clearer match-quality gates: the settings now show the real defaults for your selected engine.
v0.11.4June 4, 2026
  • fixed With the OpenAI engine selected, almost every search showed the popular-products fallback instead of real results. The relevance threshold is now correctly calibrated per model.
  • changed Search relevance is self-calibrating across all three engines, so genuine matches surface even when a store's catalog scores differently from the defaults.
v0.11.3June 3, 2026
  • changed WordPress.org Plugin Check pass: documented the plugin's intentional direct queries against its own tables and annotated the third-party WPML filter hooks.
  • changed Aligned the readme title with the plugin header name.
v0.11.2May 31, 2026
  • security Hardened output escaping on the analytics counters.
  • changed WordPress.org compliance pass: translator comments, documented schema-change and asset-streaming calls.
  • changed Compatibility: tested up to WordPress 7.0.
v0.11.1May 25, 2026
  • changed Refreshed plugin brand: new mark on the FindAstra admin hero, official compact icon on the WP sidebar menu entry.
  • changed Plugin metadata cleanup: Plugin URI and Author URI now point at findastra.com.
v0.11.0May 20, 2026
  • added Licensing and plans: Free plus Pro/Agency/Unlimited tiers, license activation, and automatic updates (via Freemius).
  • added A central free/paid capability layer, so features unlock cleanly per plan.
  • changed The free version ships the Local engine; Pro adds the OpenAI and Hugging Face engines.
v0.10.4May 20, 2026
  • fixed WooCommerce no longer teleports a one-result search to the single product page, so the ranked product cards stay visible.
  • added Language-aware shop-page fallback.
v0.10.3May 19, 2026
  • added The shop search page falls back to popular products on no-match, so shoppers never see a dead-end results page.
v0.10.2May 19, 2026
  • fixed Per-model default match-quality gates (fixes Hugging Face + bge-m3 “no results” on multilingual queries).
v0.10.1May 19, 2026
  • fixed Indexer infinite loop on Polylang/WPML sites with untagged products.
v0.10.0May 18, 2026
  • added WPML and Polylang multilingual support: one embedding per product-and-language pair. (Part of Pro since 0.11.6.)
  • added Hugging Face bge-m3 model option for 100+ language catalogs.
  • changed Theme matrix expanded: Astra, Kadence, and Blocksy verified working.
v0.9.0May 18, 2026
  • changed Project renamed to FindAstra. New branding, admin icons, and text domain.