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 Takwimu Dashboard uses elasticsearch to enhance wordpress search functionality along with the [elasticpress plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/elasticpress/).  For local development, we make use of the es server docker container. Once docker containers are up (i.e `docker-compose up`) you can visit `http:localhost:9200` 
 
 1. Activate `ElasticPress` plugin on dashboard
-2. Go to the plugin settings and add your elasticsearch host url on `Third-Party/Self-Hosted` menu
+2. Go to the plugin settings and add your elasticsearch host url i.e `http://es:9200` on `Third-Party/Self-Hosted` menu
 3. Save changes and follow instruction to index your content.
 4. Once content is sync, you're ready to use search. 
 
-Note: Make sure you use a secure host url. You may use ngrok to expose your local web server
-
 
 ## Deployment