AI Search

Istoric modificări

1.11.0

• Percentage-Based Threshold Display: Similarity threshold now displays as percentage (20-100%) instead of decimal (0.2-1.0) for easier understanding
• Public Badge Visibility Option: New admin setting to show AI Search badge to all visitors, not just editors/admins
• Removed Analytics Feature: Simplified plugin by removing search analytics dashboard and tracking
• Enhanced WooCommerce Documentation: Improved readme with eCommerce-specific keywords and use cases
• Visual Improvements: Redesigned similarity threshold section with prominent visual indicators
• No Emoji Policy: Removed all emojis from admin interface for professional appearance
• Website Launch: Added link to https://wp-search.ai for documentation and demos

1.10.1

• AI Search Result Badge: Visual badge displayed on search results powered by AI
  • Shows „AI Search Result” label with plugin icon
  • Only visible to editors and administrators
  • Tooltip explains visibility restriction
• Similarity CSS Classes: Added CSS classes to search result posts
  • ai-search-result class for AI-powered results
  • ai-search-similarity-{0-100} class with exact similarity percentage
  • ai-search-match class when result meets configured threshold
  • ai-search-fallback class for non-AI fallback results
• Removed Frontend Notices: Removed the intrusive search feedback notices that were shown to all users
• Developer Enhancement: Similarity scores accessible via static properties for theme customization

1.10.0

• Search Analytics Dashboard: Track and analyze search behavior
  • Log all search queries with result counts
  • Click-through tracking on search results
  • Popular queries and zero-result analysis
  • Time-based statistics and trends
  • CSV export functionality
• „Did You Mean?” Spelling Suggestions: Intelligent spelling correction
  • Vocabulary built from post titles and taxonomies
  • Levenshtein distance-based word matching
  • Cached suggestions for performance
• Search Term Highlighting: Visual feedback in search results
  • Highlights matching terms in titles and excerpts
  • Customizable highlight colors via filters
  • Dark mode support

1.9.2

• Version Consistency: Fixed version mismatch between plugin header and internal constants
• Internationalization Ready: Added text-domain ‘ai-search’ and domain path for translation support
• Documentation Fix: Corrected similarity threshold range documentation (0.2-1.0)
• Developer Filter: Added ai_search_searchable_post_types filter to customize which post types are searchable

1.9.0

• Enhanced Fallback Search System: Introduced intelligent 4-tier fallback mechanism for zero-result searches:
  • WordPress default search fallback with result count display
  • Broader semantic search with relaxed similarity thresholds
  • Unprocessed content search for posts without embeddings
  • Smart query suggestion system for completely failed searches
• User Feedback Notifications: Real-time search feedback system with dismissible notices:
  • Visual indicators showing which fallback method was used
  • Search result counts for transparency
  • Automatic cleanup of feedback transients
  • Contextual messaging for different search scenarios
• Interactive Threshold Demo: Professional threshold demonstration interface:
  • Real-time product similarity visualization
  • Sample clothing store dataset with summer search scenario
  • Dynamic filtering based on threshold adjustments
  • Performance indicators showing recall rates and precision levels
  • Color-coded similarity scores and visual feedback
• Token Validation System: Comprehensive service token management:
  • One-click token validation with detailed usage statistics
  • Real-time quota monitoring (daily/total limits)
  • Client information display including origin verification
  • Error handling for invalid or expired tokens
• Setup Wizard Enhancement: Improved first-time user experience:
  • Step-by-step configuration process
  • Provider comparison with clear recommendations
  • Visual progress indicators and smooth transitions
  • Comprehensive completion flow

1.8.0

• Service Token Management: Added manual service token field in General Settings for better control and transparency
• Token Validation System: New „Validate Token” button with real-time validation and detailed usage statistics
• Enhanced Admin Interface: Service token field automatically shows/hides based on provider selection
• Comprehensive Validation Results: Displays client ID, origin, daily/total limits, current usage, and quota status
• Improved Error Handling: Better error messages for token validation failures and connection issues
• User Experience Improvements: Loading spinner, button states, and clearer user guidance
• Debugging Enhancements: Added error logging for better troubleshooting and API response monitoring

1.7.0

• Major Performance & UX Improvements
• Service Registration Optimization: Moved AI service registration from plugin initialization to settings save, eliminating unnecessary API calls during normal page loads
• Cache Management Tab: Added comprehensive cache management interface with three clearing options:
  • Clear embedding cache (transients) – safe regeneration
  • Clear post meta embeddings – requires manual regeneration
  • Clear all embedding data – complete reset option
• Enhanced Similarity Threshold**: Improved precision and range:
  • Range changed from 0.0-1.0 to 0.2-1.0 (eliminates very low-relevance results while allowing broader searches)
  • Precision increased from 0.01 to 0.001 steps (3 decimal places)
  • Better user guidance and formatting
• Modular Code Architecture: Refactored service registration into isolated, reusable methods for better maintainability
• Real-time Cache Statistics: Display current cache size and post embedding counts
• Enhanced Error Handling**: Better user feedback when AI service is unavailable with automatic fallback
• Security Improvements: Enhanced nonce verification and user capability checks

1.6

• Replaced internal embedding storage with external service integration.
• Token-based authentication per origin.
• Restore original search in case there isn’t any AI results
• Solve fatal errors in case the vectors don’t have the same size

1.5

• Bulk embedding generation based on custom number of posts

1.4

• Settings UI Revamp: Introduced tabbed navigation to separate „General Settings” and „Generate Embeddings” for better organization.
• Batch Embedding Generation: Users can now trigger embedding generation for up to 50 posts at a time.
• Custom Post Type Selection: A dropdown was added, allowing users to choose which CPT they want to generate embeddings for.
• Embedding Optimization: Now only processes posts that do not yet have embeddings to avoid redundant API calls and improve performance.
• Security Enhancements: Added nonce verification to protect settings updates.

This update significantly improves usability, optimizes performance, and gives users more control over AI-powered search embeddings.

1.3

• Similarity Threshold Control: Added a range input field (0-1) in settings to allow users to adjust the similarity threshold dynamically.

1.2

• Cache Search embeddings, saved in transients for one day

1.1

• text-davinci-003 (deprecated) has been replaced bytext-embedding-ada-002 model
• db manipulation has been replaced by custom_post_meta approach

1.0

• Initial release, adding the settings page and the search filter.