Swiftype Search vs YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter
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| Feature | Swiftype Search v2.0.5 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 3.7/5 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 | September 15, 2021 | October 1, 2026 |
| Editions | Swiftype Search | YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter · YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter Premium ($) |
| Pros | Replaces the default search without changing the theme template; Posts re-index automatically when saved; Relevance tuning and search analytics in the Swiftype dashboard | 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 | Needs a Swiftype Site Search account and API key; Search runs on an external service, so results depend on its availability; Last tested against WordPress 5.8 and not updated since 2021 | 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 | Replaces WordPress search results, Re-indexes posts on save, Bulk indexing of existing posts from the admin, Search facets configuration, WP-CLI commands for indexing | 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 |
| Other | Swiftype Site Search API | — |
| Requires WordPress | 3.3 | 6.9 |
| Requires PHP | — | 8.0 |
| Tested up to | 5.8.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | api.swiftype.com | support.yithemes.com, yithemes.com |