Title: Relevanssi + Custom Content Shortcode plugin
Last modified: August 14, 2019

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# Relevanssi + Custom Content Shortcode plugin

 *  [petroglyphic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petroglyphic/)
 * (@petroglyphic)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/relevanssi-custom-content-shortcode-plugin/)
 * We use the Custom Content Shortcode plugin extensively on our website, including
   to build query loops in page content. I am no longer able to index the site with“
   expand shortcodes” checked, the process goes slower and slower and then hangs
   at around 400 (out of 1200). When I indexed without expanding shortcodes it worked
   although slowly (7 hours for 1200 posts), but since there a number of pages where
   most of the content is generated by CCS shortcodes this isn’t a viable option
   for us. How do I get this to work?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Frelevanssi-custom-content-shortcode-plugin%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Mikko Saari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msaari/)
 * (@msaari)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/relevanssi-custom-content-shortcode-plugin/#post-11833612)
 * The indexing without shortcodes is super slow – Relevanssi should be able to 
   index 1200 posts in minutes. Based on that, I’m getting a feeling Relevanssi 
   probably isn’t a good match for your site. Perhaps something that spiders your
   visible pages, like AddSearch, would work better for you?
 * Getting Relevanssi to work with your site would require some work with the CCS
   shortcodes: some of those need to be removed, most likely, at least query loops
   sound pretty bad for Relevanssi purposes. But since the indexing without shortcodes
   is that slow, I’m not sure it’s worth the effort.
 *  Thread Starter [petroglyphic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petroglyphic/)
 * (@petroglyphic)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/relevanssi-custom-content-shortcode-plugin/#post-11835987)
 * Thanks for the info. Is there any way for us to track down what’s making indexing
   so slow even without the shortcodes? That would help us figure out what solutions
   might work. Also, is there a way to figure out which page(s) indexing hangs on?
   AddSearch looks good, but adding an enterprise-level service is not an option
   for us at this time.
 *  Plugin Author [Mikko Saari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msaari/)
 * (@msaari)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/relevanssi-custom-content-shortcode-plugin/#post-11837080)
 * You can probably tell where the indexing hangs: just reindex everything and when
   it hangs, you can reload the indexing page to see the lowest post ID indexed.
   Relevanssi indexes in descending order, so the problem page is the one with the
   next ID number downwards.
 * As for the general slowness, that’s harder to track down. It may be general server
   slowness, come from your database, be related to your plugins and so on. Eliminating
   possible causes one at the time, adding time-tracking debugging code in the Relevanssi
   indexing process, something like that may help, but it’s a lot of work.

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