diff --git a/ghost/sodo-search/package.json b/ghost/sodo-search/package.json
index a14f18d22b..3047c530f8 100644
--- a/ghost/sodo-search/package.json
+++ b/ghost/sodo-search/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "5.16.2",
     "@testing-library/react": "12.1.2",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "14.0.0",
+    "elasticlunr": "0.9.5",
     "react": "17.0.2",
     "react-dom": "17.0.2",
     "react-scripts": "4.0.3"
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "6.4.1",
     "eslint-plugin-ghost": "2.12.0",
     "minimist": "1.2.5",
+    "nock": "13.2.8",
     "ora": "5.4.1",
     "rewire": "6.0.0",
     "serve-handler": "6.1.3",
diff --git a/ghost/sodo-search/src/App.js b/ghost/sodo-search/src/App.js
index 277dae4d86..434107b298 100644
--- a/ghost/sodo-search/src/App.js
+++ b/ghost/sodo-search/src/App.js
@@ -2,8 +2,25 @@ import React from 'react';
 import './App.css';
 import AppContext from './AppContext';
 import PopupModal from './components/PopupModal';
+import {init as initSearchIndex} from './search-index.js';
 
 export default class App extends React.Component {
+    constructor(props) {
+        super(props);
+
+        this.state = {
+            apiUrl: props.apiUrl,
+            apiKey: props.apiKey
+        };
+    }
+
+    componentDidMount() {
+        initSearchIndex({
+            apiUrl: this.state.apiUrl,
+            apiKey: this.state.apiKey
+        });
+    }
+
     render() {
         return (
             <AppContext.Provider value={{
diff --git a/ghost/sodo-search/src/search-index.js b/ghost/sodo-search/src/search-index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..757671cb00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost/sodo-search/src/search-index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import elasticlunr from 'elasticlunr';
+
+let index;
+
+export const init = async function ({apiUrl, apiKey}) {
+    // remove default stop words to search of *any* word
+    elasticlunr.clearStopWords();
+
+    const url = `${apiUrl}/posts/?key=${apiKey}&limit=all&fields=id,title,excerpt,url,updated_at,visibility&order=updated_at%20desc&formats=plaintext`;
+
+    const indexDump = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('ease_search_index'));
+
+    localStorage.removeItem('ease_index');
+    localStorage.removeItem('ease_last');
+
+    function update(data) {
+        data.posts.forEach(function (post) {
+            index.addDoc(post);
+        });
+
+        localStorage.setItem('ease_search_index', JSON.stringify(index));
+        localStorage.setItem('ease_search_last', data.posts[0].updated_at);
+    }
+
+    if (
+        !indexDump
+    ) {
+        return fetch(url)
+            .then(response => response.json())
+            .then((data) => {
+                if (data.posts.length > 0) {
+                    index = elasticlunr(function () {
+                        this.addField('title');
+                        this.addField('plaintext');
+                        this.setRef('id');
+                    });
+
+                    update(data);
+                }
+            });
+    } else {
+        index = elasticlunr.Index.load(indexDump);
+
+        return fetch(`${url}&filter=updated_at:>'${localStorage.getItem('ease_search_last').replace(/\..*/, '').replace(/T/, ' ')}'`
+        )
+            .then(response => response.json())
+            .then((data) => {
+                if (data.posts.length > 0) {
+                    update(data);
+                }
+            });
+    }
+};
+
+export const search = function (value) {
+    return index.search(value, {expand: true});
+};
diff --git a/ghost/sodo-search/yarn.lock b/ghost/sodo-search/yarn.lock
index aa766edb17..0841e06457 100644
--- a/ghost/sodo-search/yarn.lock
+++ b/ghost/sodo-search/yarn.lock
@@ -4385,6 +4385,11 @@ ejs@^3.1.5:
   dependencies:
     jake "^10.8.5"
 
+elasticlunr@0.9.5:
+  version "0.9.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/elasticlunr/-/elasticlunr-0.9.5.tgz#65541bb309dddd0cf94f2d1c8861b2be651bb0d5"
+  integrity sha512-5YM9LFQgVYfuLNEoqMqVWIBuF2UNCA+xu/jz1TyryLN/wmBcQSb+GNAwvLKvEpGESwgGN8XA1nbLAt6rKlyHYQ==
+
 electron-to-chromium@^1.3.564, electron-to-chromium@^1.4.172:
   version "1.4.177"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/electron-to-chromium/-/electron-to-chromium-1.4.177.tgz#b6a4436eb788ca732556cd69f384b8a3c82118c5"
@@ -7133,6 +7138,11 @@ json-stable-stringify-without-jsonify@^1.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-stable-stringify-without-jsonify/-/json-stable-stringify-without-jsonify-1.0.1.tgz#9db7b59496ad3f3cfef30a75142d2d930ad72651"
   integrity sha512-Bdboy+l7tA3OGW6FjyFHWkP5LuByj1Tk33Ljyq0axyzdk9//JSi2u3fP1QSmd1KNwq6VOKYGlAu87CisVir6Pw==
 
+json-stringify-safe@^5.0.1:
+  version "5.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-stringify-safe/-/json-stringify-safe-5.0.1.tgz#1296a2d58fd45f19a0f6ce01d65701e2c735b6eb"
+  integrity sha512-ZClg6AaYvamvYEE82d3Iyd3vSSIjQ+odgjaTzRuO3s7toCdFKczob2i0zCh7JE8kWn17yvAWhUVxvqGwUalsRA==
+
 json5@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json5/-/json5-1.0.1.tgz#779fb0018604fa854eacbf6252180d83543e3dbe"
@@ -7849,6 +7859,16 @@ no-case@^3.0.4:
     lower-case "^2.0.2"
     tslib "^2.0.3"
 
+nock@13.2.8:
+  version "13.2.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nock/-/nock-13.2.8.tgz#e2043ccaa8e285508274575e090a7fe1e46b90f1"
+  integrity sha512-JT42FrXfQRpfyL4cnbBEJdf4nmBpVP0yoCcSBr+xkT8Q1y3pgtaCKHGAAOIFcEJ3O3t0QbVAmid0S0f2bj3Wpg==
+  dependencies:
+    debug "^4.1.0"
+    json-stringify-safe "^5.0.1"
+    lodash "^4.17.21"
+    propagate "^2.0.0"
+
 node-forge@^0.10.0:
   version "0.10.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-forge/-/node-forge-0.10.0.tgz#32dea2afb3e9926f02ee5ce8794902691a676bf3"
@@ -9296,6 +9316,11 @@ prop-types@^15.8.1:
     object-assign "^4.1.1"
     react-is "^16.13.1"
 
+propagate@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/propagate/-/propagate-2.0.1.tgz#40cdedab18085c792334e64f0ac17256d38f9a45"
+  integrity sha512-vGrhOavPSTz4QVNuBNdcNXePNdNMaO1xj9yBeH1ScQPjk/rhg9sSlCXPhMkFuaNNW/syTvYqsnbIJxMBfRbbag==
+
 proxy-addr@~2.0.7:
   version "2.0.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/proxy-addr/-/proxy-addr-2.0.7.tgz#f19fe69ceab311eeb94b42e70e8c2070f9ba1025"