Indexing fails

I would add that when I deselect product variations, the indexing is able to complete (around 200 records).

Thank you

This problem is caused by post exclusions; Relevanssi can sometimes get stuck when too many posts are excluded from the index and the indexer only starts getting excluded posts and drowns in them. If the exclusions are done using relevanssi_do_not_index, the solution is usually to move the exclusion to relevanssi_indexing_restriction.

However, in most cases, you don’t actually want to index product variations in WooCommerce, because the theme will restrict the search to just products no matter what you index.

So it’s quite likely you don’t actually need to index the product variations. If you have content in the variations you’d like to include in the search, it’s often best to index it as part of the main product. See here: https://www.relevanssi.com/knowledge-base/indexing-product-variation-skus-main-product/

Hi Mikko,

Many thanks for your reply.

It was mainly for using Relevanssi to search for custom fields in my variations (SKU / Manufacturer Code / EAN).

In the end, what I did was to update the custom field for the main product to include an amalgamation of the child products custom fields so the EAN for the parent product would look like this:

80416454104|80416454105|80416454106|80416454107

This means that I can now search for variations without having to index them.

Hopefully this might help someone who is facing the same issue.

All the best and thank you for a great plugin.