WooPayments vs YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search
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| Feature | WooPayments v11.2.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 3.4/5 Visit Details | YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search v2.29.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 3.0/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 800,000+ | 30,000+ |
| Last updated | October 8, 2026 | October 2, 2026 |
| Editions | WooPayments | YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search · YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search Premium ($) |
| Pros | Card payments managed from the WordPress dashboard; Built-in fraud screening and duplicate payment detection; Multi-currency pricing with a currency switcher block | Live results as shoppers type; Placed with a block, widget or shortcode; Product index for faster searches; Search history and statistics in the admin |
| Cons | Needs a WooPayments account before it can take payments; Only available in the countries WooPayments supports | Requires WooCommerce; Premium tab and upgrade modal promote the paid version; Advanced search options are not in the free code |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Card payment gateway for WooCommerce, Checkout integration and payment fields, Fraud screening service, Duplicate payment detection, Multi-currency pricing, Multi-currency switcher block, WooPay express checkout scheduling and session handling | Live product search results, Product search index, Search history, Search statistics screen, REST endpoint for search, Search shortcode, Search widget, Gutenberg search blocks |
| Integrations | ||
| Payment | Stripe | — |
| E-commerce | — | WooCommerce |
| Plugins | — | WPML, Elementor |
| Other | FedEx | Porto theme |
| Requires WordPress | 6.0 | 6.8 |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | Only if you agree | No |
| External services | translate.wordpress.com, pay.woo.com, public-api.wordpress.com, jetpack.wordpress.com | support.yithemes.com, yithemes.com |
| Blocks | 1 | 4 |
| Shortcodes | — | 1 |