Alternatives to WP Live Search

A super light-weight live search plugin that utilizes the WP REST API.

Snapshot
Rating: 4.7/5 (3 reviews)
Downloads: 7,318
Active installs: 30
Maintenance score: 22/100
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 3.5.1
Tested up to: 4.2.39
Requires PHP: f

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Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter
Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter
The Best Ajax Live Search and Filter for WordPress. Live suggestions, Custom Post types, Custom fields, Categories, WooCommerce & Elementor support
(263)
Updated 152d ago
80,000 installs2,278,543 downloads61/100 • Maintained
Advanced Woo Search – Product Search for WooCommerce
Advanced Woo Search – Product Search for WooCommerce
Advanced WooCommerce product search plugin. Search inside any product field. Support for both AJAX search and search results page.
(246)
Updated 153d ago
70,000 installs5,466,400 downloads49/100 • Maintained
Advance Product Search- Voice & Ajax Search for WooCommerce
Advance Product Search- Voice & Ajax Search for WooCommerce
Advanced Product Search boosts your store search with instant AJAX results, live suggestions helping customers find products faster.
(4)
Updated 165d ago
10,000 installs306,059 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Sokol: Smart WooCommerce Search
Sokol: Smart WooCommerce Search
Boost WooCommerce sales with instant Ajax product search — live suggestions, fullscreen popup, SKU search, and GA4 analytics, all in one plugin.
(24)
Updated 175d ago
6,000 installs414,329 downloads54/100 • Maintained
Dave's WordPress Live Search
Dave's WordPress Live Search
Adds "live search" functionality to your WordPress site. Uses the built-in search and jQuery.
(48)
Updated 3156d ago
5,000 installs252,977 downloads16/100 • Possibly abandoned
Events Search For The Events Calendar
Events Search For The Events Calendar
Adds an AJAX-based events search bar on any page via shortcode to quickly find any upcoming event created with The Events Calendar plugin.
(27)
Updated 153d ago
3,000 installs82,553 downloads56/100 • Maintained
Search Live
Search Live
Search Live supplies integrated live search facilities and advanced search features.
(30)
Updated 329d ago
600 installs38,681 downloads44/100 • Stale
Fast Fuzzy Search – WordPress & WooCommerce Live Search
Fast Fuzzy Search – WordPress & WooCommerce Live Search
Blazing fast, typo-tolerant, AJAX-powered search for WordPress and WooCommerce. Built for conversions and optimized for massive product catalogs.
(2)
Updated 452d ago
200 installs2,597 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
Instant Search – Live Ajax Search & Voice Search
Instant Search – Live Ajax Search & Voice Search
Live Ajax search & voice search for WordPress & WooCommerce. Search as you type with instant results, voice search for accessibility.
(1)
Updated 150d ago
80 installs3,534 downloads52/100 • Maintained
WooSearch
WooSearch
WooSearch is a search plugin which provides real-time ajax product search based on WooCommerce.
(0)
Updated 3755d ago
60 installs2,003 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
WPSOLR – AI or classic search for PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, Weaviate, Vespa, Elasticsearch, Solr
WPSOLR – AI or classic search for PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, Weaviate, Vespa, Elasticsearch, Solr
AI or classic search on Docker for PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, Weaviate, Vespa, Elasticsearch, Solr.
(2)
Updated 157d ago
50 installs8,489 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Eonet Live Search
Eonet Live Search
Search dynamically in real time through all your site, including pages, posts, members, products & so on.
(5)
Updated 2963d ago
30 installs12,746 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Admin Live Search
Admin Live Search
Live search pages and posts in the dashboard / admin area via AJAX.
(3)
Updated 2789d ago
30 installs3,007 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Quick Search
Quick Search
Quick Search add AJAX Search to your site
(0)
Updated 6347d ago
30 installs38,647 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
NivoSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce
NivoSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce
High-performance WooCommerce Ajax Search with instant results, fuzzy matching, and SKU/GTIN support. Built for speed, scalability, and conversions.
(2)
Updated 230d ago
10 installs607 downloads50/100 • Stale
i-Search – Advanced Live Search
i-Search – Advanced Live Search
Live search suggestions for all post types. Search everywhere, include almost everything in the search. WooCommerce compatible.
(0)
Updated 2977d ago
10 installs1,492 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
PopSearch Live for WooCommerce
PopSearch Live for WooCommerce
Fullscreen search popup with live product search, category slider and trending tags for WooCommerce stores.
(1)
Updated 206d ago
0 installs239 downloads40/100 • Stale
PressSEARCH
PressSEARCH
A better search engine for WordPress. Quickly and accurately.
(0)
Updated 2694d ago
0 installs1,813 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
WDV Ajax Search
WDV Ajax Search
With this plugin you can create different search forms for different post types and put their shortcode on the corresponding page.
(0)
Updated 680d ago
0 installs1,299 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Live Post Search
WP Live Post Search
The plugin provides a search form which provides live search functionality of any posts/pages.
(0)
Updated 2804d ago
0 installs1,197 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned