Plugin to utilize ElasticSearch to make searching for products or things much easier, i.e. rather than waiting for 3 or more characters in the search to autopopulate search results, we would be able to do it with 1 or 2 alphanumeric characters.  It would also be idea to display pictures of the products in the search.  This search would be able to search blog, news, descriptions, etc.  

Hello Bill,

It can be achieved out of the box. MInimum search lenght is in Catalog settings - Tab Search - Search term minimum length. In the same place you can determine if GrandNode should show product images in auto complete - Show product images in autocomplete box.

And finally GrandNode also search in the blogs, categories, manufacturers. Check it here: https://grandnode.com/whats-new-in-grandnode-430

Appreciate the reply.  Will look in to modifying those settings.  May pose additional ElasticSearch inquiries in the future but for now we will focus on what is available.

Bill,

I just wanted to drop a line that we've created an integration with ElasticSearch. Maybe you will be interested during the development.

Features:
- Search by Product Name
- Search by Product Short and Full Description
- Search by Specification Attributes
- Search by SKU, GTIN, MPN
- Real-Time Backend Typo Corrections (Searching for aple, still will result in Apple product's in the search results)