SearchWP vs YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter
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| Feature | SearchWP v4.6.1.1 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Paid 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+ |
| Last updated | — | October 1, 2026 |
| Editions | SearchWP ($) | YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter · YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter Premium ($) |
| Pros | Indexes posts, taxonomies, attachments, comments and users; Fuzzy, partial and synonym matching with stopword control; Search forms placed by shortcode or Gutenberg block | 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 | Paid licence required; this code has no free edition; Weekly usage tracking runs unless a filter disables it | 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 | Index posts, taxonomies, attachments, comments and users ($), Fuzzy and partial matching ($), Synonyms and stopwords ($), Search form Gutenberg block ($), searchwp_template shortcode for results ($), Weekly email summaries ($), Page builder search blocks ($) | AJAX filtering without a full page reload, Filters on taxonomy terms, Saved filter presets, Navigation widget with term links and counts, Filters widget, Filters shortcode, Elementor filters widget, Cached filter results |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce ($) | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | Divi ($), bbPress ($), WPML ($), Polylang ($), Elementor ($), Advanced Custom Fields ($), WP All Import ($) | WPML, Elementor, YITH WooCommerce Colors and Labels Variations |
| Requires WordPress | 5.3 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | — | 8.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Yes | No |
| External services | searchwp.com, plugin.searchwp.com, swpusage.com | support.yithemes.com, yithemes.com |
| Blocks | 3 | — |
| Shortcodes | 2 | — |