Ivory Search vs Advanced Woo Search
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| Feature | Ivory Search v5.5.20 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details | Advanced Woo Search v3.73 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 90,000+ | 70,000+ |
| Last updated | October 21, 2026 | October 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Ivory Search · Ivory Search Pro ($) · Ivory Search Pro Plus ($) | Advanced Woo Search · Advanced Woo Search PRO ($) |
| Pros | Several search forms, each set up separately; Widget, shortcode and menu search options; Search form customiser in the admin | Live AJAX search across product fields with a dedicated index table; Gutenberg blocks, a widget and an Elementor widget for placing the form; Did-you-mean suggestions and search terms display |
| Cons | WooCommerce SKU search and stemming need Pro Plus; Advanced options are locked behind upgrade prompts; Freemius telemetry prompt on activation | The readme lists several search sources and layouts as PRO-only; Index rebuilds run as background jobs, which need cron to run on time |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Custom search forms, Search form shortcode, Search widget, Search item for menus, WooCommerce SKU search ($), Word stemming in search ($), Upgrade prompts for locked features | AJAX live search results, Background search index table kept in sync with products, Search results page replacement, Did-you-mean and similar-term suggestions, Gutenberg search blocks, Elementor search widget, WP-CLI command to rebuild the index |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, WPML |
| Requires WordPress | 3.9 | 4.0 |
| Requires PHP | 5.2.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| Blocks | — | 3 |
| Shortcodes | 1 | 6 |