Advanced Woo Search vs Ajax Search Lite
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| Feature | Advanced Woo Search v3.73 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Ajax Search Lite v4.14.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 70,000+ | 70,000+ |
| Last updated | October 20, 2026 | October 19, 2026 |
| Editions | Advanced Woo Search · Advanced Woo Search PRO ($) | Ajax Search Lite · Ajax Search Pro ($) |
| Pros | 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 | Live results as visitors type; Custom post types, custom fields and categories searched; Free, with WooCommerce price fields in results |
| Cons | The readme lists several search sources and layouts as PRO-only; Index rebuilds run as background jobs, which need cron to run on time | Pro features need a paid licence; Upgrade prompts appear in the admin menu and sidebar; Google keyword suggestions call an external Google endpoint |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other 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 | Live AJAX search results as the visitor types, Search by custom fields, Category and taxonomy search, Google keyword suggestions, Cached search results with hourly retention cron, WooCommerce price field in results, Upgrade to Pro menu item |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, WPML | WPML, Polylang, BuddyPress, Divi |
| Other | — | Google Suggest |
| Requires WordPress | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | suggestqueries.google.com |
| Blocks | 3 | 1 |
| Shortcodes | 6 | — |