Samuel Silva

<p><strong>AI Search for WooCommerce</strong> makes your store’s search actually work. When a shopper types “summer blue dress” they find your “light cotton navy sundress”. When they search “headphones for running” they find your sweat-resistant wireless earbuds — even if the word “running” isn’t anywhere in the product description.</p>
<p>Default WooCommerce search matches keywords. AI Search matches <em>meaning</em>. It reads your entire product catalog — titles, descriptions, SKUs, categories, tags, and attributes — and converts each product into a vector that captures what it actually is. When a shopper searches, the plugin finds the closest matches by meaning, not by exact word overlap.</p>
<p>The result: fewer empty search pages, more products surfaced for long-tail queries, and shoppers who find what they wanted on the first try.</p>
<p>Also works with blog posts, pages, and any custom post type — so you can use the same intelligent search across your whole site.</p>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>WooCommerce Product Search</strong>: Full product catalog indexing — titles, short and long descriptions, SKUs, categories, tags, and product attributes (size, color, material, etc.). Pre-configured defaults so you can go live in minutes.</li>
<li><strong>Understands Shoppers, Not Just Keywords</strong>: Semantic search means “cozy winter sweater” matches your “merino wool pullover”. Long-tail and descriptive queries stop returning empty pages.</li>
<li><strong>Cross-Lingual & Multilingual</strong>: Works with 100+ languages — Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Greek, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and more. International stores get consistent search quality across every language, and an English query can still match content in other languages.</li>
<li><strong>SKU & Attribute Matching</strong>: Customers can search by SKU fragments, attribute values, or technical specs and still find the right product.</li>
<li><strong>Smart Fallback System</strong>: 4-tier fallback ensures shoppers never hit a zero-result page — if AI search finds nothing, standard WordPress search takes over automatically.</li>
<li><strong>No OpenAI Account Required</strong>: Uses our free embedding service (up to 10,000 embeddings per site). Works out of the box for most stores.</li>
<li><strong>Bring Your Own API Key</strong>: Optionally use your own OpenAI API key for unlimited indexing.</li>
<li><strong>Bulk Embedding Generation</strong>: Index your entire existing catalog in one click, filtered by post type or category.</li>
<li><strong>Quota Management</strong>: Real-time monitoring of AI service usage and limits (v1.14.0+).</li>
<li><strong>Works Beyond Products Too</strong>: Same intelligent search for blog posts, pages, and any public custom post type.</li>
<li><strong>ACF Compatible</strong>: Index Advanced Custom Fields data for deeper product metadata search.</li>
<li><strong>Tunable Similarity Threshold</strong>: Fine-tune how strict or broad search results are, per store.</li>
<li><strong>Intelligent Caching</strong>: Fast results with automatic local caching.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Perfect For</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>WooCommerce stores</strong> with large or varied product catalogs</li>
<li><strong>Fashion & apparel</strong> stores where shoppers describe products in their own words (“something flowy for summer”)</li>
<li><strong>Electronics & home goods</strong> stores with complex technical specs and model numbers</li>
<li><strong>Books, media, and marketplaces</strong> with thousands of titles</li>
<li><strong>International stores</strong> selling in multiple languages</li>
<li>Membership sites, knowledge bases, and directories — any content-heavy WordPress site</li>
</ul>
<h3>How It Works</h3>
<ol>
<li>Each product in your WooCommerce catalog is converted into a numeric “meaning fingerprint” (called an embedding) that captures its title, description, SKU, categories, tags, and attributes.</li>
<li>When a shopper types a search query, their query gets its own fingerprint in the same way.</li>
<li>The plugin compares the query’s fingerprint against every product’s fingerprint and returns the closest matches by meaning — not just by word overlap.</li>
<li>Results are ranked by relevance, so the products shoppers actually want appear first.</li>
<li>If no semantic matches pass the threshold, a 4-tier fallback kicks in so shoppers never hit an empty results page.</li>
</ol>
<p>Embeddings are generated automatically when you publish or update products — no manual work after setup.</p>
<h3>Learn More</h3>
<p>Visit our website for documentation, demos, and examples:<br />
<strong>https://wp-search.ai/</strong></p>
<p>Browse technical documentation, see live demos of the plugin in action, and learn best practices for AI-powered search.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ul>
<li>Your existing WooCommerce search form (and the default WordPress search) are automatically upgraded — no theme or template changes required.</li>
<li>Manage settings, switch providers, and monitor quota via the <strong>AI Search</strong> menu in your WordPress admin.</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Service</h3>
<p>This plugin connects with:</p>
<ul>
<li>OpenAI Embeddings API: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/embeddings</li>
<li>Custom Node.js Embedding Service</li>
</ul>
<p>Please read more here:<br />
https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/embeddings</p>


AI Search for WooCommerce – Intelligent Product Search


Love the idea and the implementation. I'll be using this more and more on all of our Woo sites.


Works like a charm

AI-powered semantic search built for WooCommerce stores. Understands what shoppers actually want — even when they use different words than your produc …

Geweb

<p>Live demo: https://aisearch.mygeweb.com/</p>
<p>Geweb AI Search transforms your WordPress search into an intelligent assistant powered by Google Gemini AI. Instead of returning a plain list of matching posts, it understands the user’s question and provides a direct, contextual answer — along with links to the source pages.</p>
<p>The plugin intercepts the standard WordPress search form and opens a modal with two modes: instant autocomplete suggestions (via WP_Query) and a full AI chat powered by Google Gemini File Search.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>AI-Powered Answers</strong> — Uses Google Gemini File Search to find relevant content and generate natural-language answers</li>
<li><strong>Conversation History</strong> — Users can ask follow-up questions; the context is maintained across the session</li>
<li><strong>Source Attribution</strong> — Every AI answer includes links to the pages it was based on</li>
<li><strong>Instant Autocomplete</strong> — Traditional keyword search with live suggestions while typing</li>
<li><strong>Automatic Indexing</strong> — Posts are automatically uploaded to Gemini when published or updated</li>
<li><strong>Bulk Library Generation</strong> — Index all existing content with one click and a live progress indicator</li>
<li><strong>Multiple AI Models</strong> — Choose between Gemini 2.5 Flash, 2.5 Pro, and Gemini 3 models</li>
<li><strong>Multiple Post Types</strong> — Index any public post type: posts, pages, or custom post types</li>
<li><strong>Secure API Key Storage</strong> — API key is encrypted with libsodium before being stored in the database</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>The plugin converts your WordPress posts to Markdown format (with URL and title in frontmatter)</li>
<li>Each document is uploaded to a Google Gemini File Search Store</li>
<li>When a user submits a search query, Gemini searches the indexed documents and generates an answer</li>
<li>The answer is displayed in a chat modal along with source links</li>
</ol>
<h4>Third-Party Services</h4>
<p>This plugin connects to the <strong>Google Gemini API</strong> to index your content and answer user queries.</p>
<ul>
<li>API endpoint: https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/</li>
<li>Terms of Service: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Data sent to Google:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Your post content (title and body), converted to Markdown, is uploaded to Gemini for indexing</li>
<li>User search queries are sent to Gemini to generate answers</li>
</ul>
<p>By using this plugin you agree to Google’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You are responsible for the content you index.</p>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>PHP 7.2 or higher (libsodium is bundled with PHP 7.2+)</li>
<li>WordPress 6.0 or higher</li>
<li>Google Gemini API key (free tier available at https://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Customization</h3>
<h4>How do I customize the AI behavior?</h4>
<p>You can modify the AI system instruction and available models:</p>
<pre><code>// Customize AI system instruction
add_filter('geweb_aisearch_gemini_system_instruction', function($instruction) {
    return $instruction . "\nAlways respond in a friendly, conversational tone.";
});

// Limit available models in settings
add_filter('geweb_aisearch_gemini_models', function($models) {
    return ['gemini-2.5-flash', 'gemini-2.5-pro'];
});
</code></pre>
<p>Available filters:<br />
* <code>geweb_aisearch_gemini_system_instruction</code> – Modify AI prompt/behavior<br />
* <code>geweb_aisearch_gemini_models</code> – Customize available model list in settings</p>
<h4>How do I translate the interface texts?</h4>
<p>You can customize all search interface labels using filters in your theme’s functions.php:</p>
<pre><code>// Customize search placeholder
add_filter('geweb_aisearch_search_placeholder', function($text) {
    return 'What would you like to know?';
});

// Customize "Ask AI" button text
add_filter('geweb_aisearch_ask_ai_button_text', function($text) {
    return 'Ask Pythia';
});

// Customize AI modal title
add_filter('geweb_aisearch_ai_modal_title', function($text) {
    return 'Oracle Pythia';
});

// Customize AI textarea placeholder
add_filter('geweb_aisearch_ai_textarea_placeholder', function($text) {
    return 'Write your detailed question to Pythia';
});
</code></pre>
<p>Available filters:<br />
* <code>geweb_aisearch_search_placeholder</code> – Main search input placeholder<br />
* <code>geweb_aisearch_ask_ai_button_text</code> – “Ask AI” button label<br />
* <code>geweb_aisearch_ai_modal_title</code> – AI chat modal header<br />
* <code>geweb_aisearch_ai_textarea_placeholder</code> – AI question textarea placeholder</p>
<h3>Third-Party Libraries</h3>
<p>This plugin bundles the following open-source library:</p>
<p><strong>league/html-to-markdown</strong><br />
* Version: 5.x<br />
* Author: The League of Extraordinary Packages<br />
* License: MIT License<br />
* Repository: https://github.com/thephpleague/html-to-markdown<br />
* Purpose: Converts WordPress post HTML content to Markdown for AI indexing</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<ul>
<li>GitHub: https://github.com/mygeweb/geweb-ai-search</li>
</ul>


Geweb AI Search

AI-powered search for WordPress using Google Gemini. Smart answers, source links, and instant autocomplete — all in one modal.

AI Search for WooCommerce – Intelligent Product Search vs Geweb AI Search