Thank you!
I have applied some of the code from the upcoming release – which targets specific issues with the pagination and the number of results and how they are processed.
I suspect there was a problem somewhere in the processing unit, where not only the results from the current page were processed, but all of the results set. Typing “svg” or “free svg” yielded over 9k results, and then it triggered the incorrect processing function.
I ran a few tests, and currently it seems that on both the results page and both on an elementor test page only the actual number of items is processed. Every test I conducted was now around 1.5 seconds, instead of the initial 10 for the “svg” or “free svg” keywords.
I still strongly recommend using the plugin live search results container instead of the live results or Elementor filtering widgets – that is the best way to quickly display 10-50 results initially. It has the least overhead, almost fully controlled by the plugin only. You can use the more results with infinite scrolling to show more results gradually etc..