Category Wise Search vs YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter
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| Feature | Category Wise Search v1.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 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 | 400+ | 70,000+ |
| Last updated | March 26, 2019 | October 1, 2026 |
| Editions | Category Wise Search Widget | YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter · YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter Premium ($) |
| Pros | Category dropdown in a search widget; Default category and excluded categories per widget | 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 | Uses create_function, removed in PHP 8, so it fails on current PHP; Last tested with WordPress 5.1.1; not maintained | 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 | Category dropdown in the search form, Default category selection from the query string, Exclude categories and their children | 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 |
| Plugins | — | WPML, Elementor, YITH WooCommerce Colors and Labels Variations |
| Requires WordPress | 2.9 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | — | 8.0 |
| Tested up to | 5.1.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | support.yithemes.com, yithemes.com |