# Experimental highlighter plugin 1.5.1and 1.6.0 released

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/experimental-highlighter-plugin-1-5-1and-1-6-0-released/2260
**Category:** Community Ecosystem
**Created:** [June 9, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/experimental-highlighter-plugin-1-5-1and-1-6-0-released/2260 "2015-06-09T22:22:13Z")
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### Author: ![nik9000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nik9000/32/44947_2.png) [@nik9000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nik9000)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/experimental-highlighter-plugin-1-5-1and-1-6-0-released/2260/1 "2015-06-09T22:22:13Z")

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I just released versions 1.5.1 and 1.6.0 of the [Experimental Highlighter](https://github.com/wikimedia/search-highlighter) plugin. There are only three changes:

1. The 1.6.0 version supports Elasticsearch 1.6.0
2. Added a `return_offsets` option which returns the offsets in the string that would be highlighted instead of the string. This is an experimental feature. Beware character encoding - the offsets returned are those for Java's native string encoding.
3. Fix an error where you'll get a null pointer exception is one of the `matched_fields` doesn't exist.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 9:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/experimental-highlighter-plugin-1-5-1and-1-6-0-released/2260/2 "2017-07-05T21:49:12Z")

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