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(263)•Updated 62d ago
The Best Ajax Live Search and Filter for WordPress. Live suggestions, Custom Post types, Custom fields, Categories, WooCommerce & Elementor support
80,000 installs2,278,543 downloads70/100 • Actively maintained
Advanced Woo Search – Product Search for WooCommerce(246)•Updated 63d ago
Advanced WooCommerce product search plugin. Search inside any product field. Support for both AJAX search and search results page.
70,000 installs5,466,400 downloads58/100 • Actively maintained
Advance Product Search- Voice & Ajax Search for WooCommerce(4)•Updated 75d ago
Advanced Product Search boosts your store search with instant AJAX results, live suggestions helping customers find products faster.
10,000 installs306,059 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Sokol: Smart WooCommerce Search(24)•Updated 85d ago
Boost WooCommerce sales with instant Ajax product search — live suggestions, fullscreen popup, SKU search, and GA4 analytics, all in one plugin.
6,000 installs414,329 downloads63/100 • Actively maintained
Dave's WordPress Live Search(48)•Updated 3066d ago
Adds "live search" functionality to your WordPress site. Uses the built-in search and jQuery.
5,000 installs252,977 downloads16/100 • Possibly abandoned
Events Search For The Events Calendar(27)•Updated 63d ago
Adds an AJAX-based events search bar on any page via shortcode to quickly find any upcoming event created with The Events Calendar plugin.
3,000 installs82,553 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
Search Live(30)•Updated 240d ago
Search Live supplies integrated live search facilities and advanced search features.
600 installs38,681 downloads44/100 • Stale
Fast Fuzzy Search – WordPress & WooCommerce Live Search(2)•Updated 362d ago
Blazing fast, typo-tolerant, AJAX-powered search for WordPress and WooCommerce. Built for conversions and optimized for massive product catalogs.
200 installs2,597 downloads40/100 • Stale
Instant Search – Live Ajax Search & Voice Search(1)•Updated 61d ago
Live Ajax search & voice search for WordPress & WooCommerce. Search as you type with instant results, voice search for accessibility.
80 installs3,534 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
WooSearch(0)•Updated 3665d ago
WooSearch is a search plugin which provides real-time ajax product search based on WooCommerce.
60 installs2,003 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
WPSOLR – AI or classic search for PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, Weaviate, Vespa, Elasticsearch, Solr(2)•Updated 68d ago
AI or classic search on Docker for PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, Weaviate, Vespa, Elasticsearch, Solr.
50 installs8,489 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Eonet Live Search(5)•Updated 2873d ago
Search dynamically in real time through all your site, including pages, posts, members, products & so on.
30 installs12,746 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Admin Live Search(3)•Updated 2700d ago
Live search pages and posts in the dashboard / admin area via AJAX.
30 installs3,007 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
30 installs38,647 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
NivoSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce(2)•Updated 140d ago
High-performance WooCommerce Ajax Search with instant results, fuzzy matching, and SKU/GTIN support. Built for speed, scalability, and conversions.
10 installs607 downloads62/100 • Maintained
i-Search – Advanced Live Search(0)•Updated 2887d ago
Live search suggestions for all post types. Search everywhere, include almost everything in the search. WooCommerce compatible.
10 installs1,492 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
PopSearch Live for WooCommerce(1)•Updated 116d ago
Fullscreen search popup with live product search, category slider and trending tags for WooCommerce stores.
0 installs239 downloads52/100 • Maintained
0 installs1,813 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
WDV Ajax Search(0)•Updated 590d ago
With this plugin you can create different search forms for different post types and put their shortcode on the corresponding page.
0 installs1,299 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Live Post Search(0)•Updated 2714d ago
The plugin provides a search form which provides live search functionality of any posts/pages.
0 installs1,197 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned