Ajax Search Lite vs YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter
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| Feature | Ajax Search Lite v4.14.7 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details | YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter v5.24.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 3.5/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 70,000+ | 70,000+ |
| Last updated | October 19, 2026 | October 1, 2026 |
| Editions | Ajax Search Lite · Ajax Search Pro ($) | YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter · YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter Premium ($) |
| Pros | Live results as visitors type; Custom post types, custom fields and categories searched; Free, with WooCommerce price fields in results | Free, with AJAX filtering on taxonomy terms; Filters placed by widget, shortcode or Elementor widget; Saved filter presets; Works with YITH colour and label variations |
| Cons | Pro features need a paid licence; Upgrade prompts appear in the admin menu and sidebar; Google keyword suggestions call an external Google endpoint | Requires WooCommerce; Premium tab and upgrade notes promote the paid version; Only the taxonomy filter type is supported in this free code |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | 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 | AJAX filtering without a full page reload, Filters on taxonomy terms, Saved filter presets, Navigation widget with term links and counts, Filters widget, Filters shortcode, Elementor filters widget, Cached filter results |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | WPML, Polylang, BuddyPress, Divi | WPML, Elementor, YITH WooCommerce Colors and Labels Variations |
| Other | Google Suggest | — |
| Requires WordPress | 3.5 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 8.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | suggestqueries.google.com | support.yithemes.com, yithemes.com |
| Blocks | 1 | — |