Advanced Woo Search vs Search Exclude
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| Feature | Advanced Woo Search v3.73 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | Search Exclude v2.6.8 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 70,000+ | 50,000+ |
| Last updated | October 20, 2026 | October 5, 2026 |
| Editions | Advanced Woo Search · Advanced Woo Search PRO ($) | Search Exclude |
| 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 | Simple per-item checkbox in editor, list, quick and bulk edit; Block editor sidebar control included; Free, with no paid tier in the code |
| 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 | Only changes WordPress's built-in search results; Promotional notices for other QuadLayers products appear in admin |
| Mentioned in our posts | 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 | Exclude checkbox in post and page editor, Column and quick edit toggle on list screens, Bulk exclude or include from list screens, Filters the main search query, Block editor sidebar control, Settings page under Settings menu, REST endpoint for settings |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, WPML | bbPress |
| Requires WordPress | 4.0 | 4.7 |
| Requires PHP | 7.0 | 5.6 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | quadlayers.com |
| Blocks | 3 | — |
| Shortcodes | 6 | — |