Site Search — Release Notes (December 4, 2025)

Updated

SearchStax Site Search release notes for December 4, 2025 include Copy App configurations, Multi-Site Search Management expansion, and UI Kits pagination labels.

Highlights

The most important updates in this release.

  • Copy app configurations: Copy configuration settings between apps for faster environment promotion.
  • Multi-Site Management expansion: Search Fields, Ranking, Data Filters, and Rules now support Multi-Site Management.
  • Pagination label option: UI Kits now support page-based pagination labels.

Added

New features and functionality.

Copy App Configurations

You can now copy configuration settings between Site Search apps. Promote configurations across environments (dev to production) without support requests.

How It Works

To copy an app's configuration:

Search Apps page showing the Copy application icon in the Actions column for each app.

  1. From the top navigation, click the Apps dropdown, then click See All to open the Search Apps page.
  2. Click the Copy icon for the app you want to copy from.
  3. In the Copy & Replace Configurations window, select the Source App and Destination App, then click Next.

Copy and Replace Configurations window showing Source App, Languages, and Destination App selection fields.

  1. Review the confirmation message and click Copy App to proceed.

The copy operation transfers all configurations from the source app to the destination app, including:

  • All languages and their settings
  • All Search Profiles
  • Relevancy settings (Search Fields, Ranking, Data Filters, etc.)
  • Synonyms and Stopwords
  • Facets, Sorting, and Results Fields
  • Rules and other configurations

Note: Copying replaces all destination app configurations and cannot be undone. Search Profiles in the destination app that don't exist in the source app will be deleted. Review your selections carefully before confirming.

What's Not Copied

The following settings are preserved in the destination app:

  • Crawler settings: Crawler configurations stay as configured.
  • Access Management: User permissions and access settings stay as configured.
  • Promotions: If a Search Profile exists with the same name in both apps, the destination profile retains its existing Promotions (source Promotions are not copied). Profiles in the destination app that don't have a matching name in the source app will have their Promotions cleared.
  • Smart Match Assist: Smart Match Assist settings are preserved in the destination app and are not copied from the source app.

Requirements

  • The destination app must already exist in your account.
  • Source and destination apps must share the same schema (for example, both must be Drupal apps).
  • Only Owners and Administrators can copy app configurations.
  • This feature is available on select SearchStax plans. Access depends on your plan and how it was purchased. If you're unsure whether your plan includes this feature, contact your account representative or SearchStax Support.

Impact

Copying app configurations provides several benefits:

  • Faster deployments: Promote configurations from dev to staging to production without rebuilding settings.
  • Reduced errors: Eliminate mistakes from manual reconfiguration.
  • Self-service: Copy configurations without waiting for support.
  • Consistent environments: Match your production environment exactly to your tested configuration.
  • Audit trail: Copy actions are logged in Activity Logs for tracking and compliance.

Changed

Updates to existing features.

Multi-Site Search Management Expansion

Multi-site search management now supports Search Fields, Ranking, Data Filters, and Rules. Configure these settings once and apply them across multiple Search Profiles.

Pagination Label Option (UI Kits)

The pagination component in UI Kits now supports a page-based label format ("Page 1 of 10") in addition to the default record-range format ("1 - 15 of 150"). Use the currentPage and totalPages variables to display page-based pagination in your search UI.

Search Exits Metric Removed

The Search Exits % metric has been removed from the Analytics → Searches page. This metric is being recalculated and will return in a future release.

Rollout

Release schedule and scope.

  • Target date: Thursday, December 4, 2025
  • Scope: All SearchStax Site Search customers (copying app configurations is not available for all plans)
  • Expected issues: None expected

Known Issues

Known issues in this release and any workarounds.

None expected.

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