Better Search vs HUSKY - Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce
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| Feature | Better Search v4.5.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.4/5 Visit Details | HUSKY - Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce v1.4.6 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 5,000+ | 80,000+ |
| Last updated | October 16, 2026 | October 24, 2026 |
| Editions | Better Search · Better Search Pro ($) | HUSKY - Products Filter Professional for WooCommerce · HUSKY - Products Filter for WooCommerce (premium) ($) |
| Pros | Relevance-ranked search with weighting for titles and content; Live search, popular-search heatmap and search widgets | Filters by taxonomy, attribute, meta field, price, rating and stock; AJAX filtering option with shortcode placement; Extension set for quick search, colour, range slider and URL-based filtering |
| Cons | Some options and features are reserved for the paid Pro edition; Extra settings and tables can take time to tune | Free build is limited to one filter element, per its on-screen message; Premium upgrade prompts appear in the admin; Many extensions and options to configure before the filter is useful |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | — |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Relevance-ranked search results, Live search as visitors type, Popular searches heatmap shortcode, Search form shortcode, Search box widget, Search heatmap widget, Language-aware search for Polylang and WPML, Freemius upgrade and account prompts | Filters by category, attribute, tag and taxonomy, AJAX filtering option, Filter shortcodes, Quick search filter, Search-friendly URLs for filter state, Colour filter extension, Range slider extension, Rating filter extension, Meta field filter extension, Saved queries extension |
| Integrations | ||
| Analytics | Freemius | — |
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Polylang, WPML, Yoast SEO | Advanced Custom Fields, WPML, Polylang |
| Requires WordPress | 6.9 | 6.0 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | api.freemius.com | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | 17 |