Samuel Silva

<p>AI Search for WordPress enhances the search experience by replacing the default WordPress search with an AI-powered semantic search system. Perfect for WooCommerce stores, online shops, and any WordPress site that needs intelligent product search and content discovery.</p>
<h3>Key Features</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>AI-Powered Semantic Search</strong>: Understands user intent and context, not just keywords</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce & eCommerce Ready</strong>: Fully compatible with WooCommerce product search, including SKUs, categories, tags, and attributes</li>
<li><strong>Product Search Enhancement</strong>: Search products by description, features, and related concepts</li>
<li><strong>Custom Post Type Support</strong>: Works with any custom post type (products, portfolios, directories)</li>
<li><strong>No OpenAI Account Required</strong>: Uses our free embedding service (up to 10,000 embeddings per site)</li>
<li><strong>Bring Your Own API Key</strong>: Optionally use your own OpenAI API key for unlimited usage</li>
<li><strong>Smart Fallback System</strong>: 4-tier fallback ensures users always get results</li>
<li><strong>Bulk Embedding Generation</strong>: Process multiple posts/products at once</li>
<li><strong>Advanced Threshold Control</strong>: Fine-tune search accuracy with precision controls</li>
<li><strong>ACF Compatible</strong>: Index Advanced Custom Fields data for deeper search</li>
<li><strong>Caching System</strong>: Fast results with intelligent local caching</li>
<li><strong>Quota Management</strong>: Real-time monitoring of AI service usage and limits (v1.14.0+)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Perfect For</h3>
<ul>
<li>WooCommerce stores with large product catalogs</li>
<li>Online marketplaces and eCommerce sites</li>
<li>Membership sites with extensive content</li>
<li>Directory and listing websites</li>
<li>Knowledge bases and documentation sites</li>
<li>Any WordPress site needing better search</li>
</ul>
<h3>How It Works</h3>
<ol>
<li>Plugin generates embeddings for your content using OpenAI’s text-embedding-3-small model</li>
<li>User searches are converted to embeddings</li>
<li>AI matches search queries with content using semantic similarity</li>
<li>Results are ranked by relevance, not just keyword matching</li>
<li>Users find what they’re looking for, even with different wording</li>
</ol>
<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>Simply use the default WordPress search, and AI Search will enhance it.</li>
<li>Manage your OpenAI API key and plugin settings via the <strong>Settings > AI Search</strong> menu.</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 – Intelligent Search for WooCommerce and WordPress

Replaces the default WordPress search with an AI-powered semantic search system. Perfect for WooCommerce stores and eCommerce sites. ---

Khurram Shehzad

khurram.shehzad

<p><strong>Softlinkster Semantic Search</strong> is a powerful self-hosted search plugin for WordPress. Unlike cloud-based alternatives, all processing happens on your server — no external API calls, and no data leaving your site.</p>
<h4>Core Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>BM25 Ranking</strong> — Industry-standard text relevance scoring with TF-IDF weighting.</li>
<li><strong>Live AJAX Search</strong> — Instant search dropdown with thumbnails, prices, keyboard navigation, and accessibility.</li>
<li><strong>Faceted Filtering</strong> — Filter results by category, tag, post type, price range, stock status, and product attributes.</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce Integration</strong> — Search products by SKU, attributes, variations; display prices and ratings in results.</li>
<li><strong>Multilingual Support</strong> — 10 language processors (English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, CJK, and more).</li>
<li><strong>Search Analytics</strong> — Top queries, zero-result queries, CTR, click tracking, and CSV export.</li>
<li><strong>Did You Mean</strong> — Automatic spell correction with clickable suggestions.</li>
<li><strong>Zero-Result Fallback</strong> — Show popular content, recent posts, and trending queries when no results match.</li>
<li><strong>Rich Result Cards</strong> — Thumbnails, excerpts, prices, star ratings, and post type badges.</li>
<li><strong>Privacy-First</strong> — GDPR-compliant with anonymized session tracking, data export, and erasure.</li>
<li><strong>WP-CLI Commands</strong> — Index, reindex, compute IDF stats, export analytics, and diagnose.</li>
<li><strong>Theme-Aware Search UI</strong> — Search results, zero-result screens, and live search styling adapt to the active theme for readable output.</li>
<li><strong>Classic Widget Support</strong> — Add the search form to widget areas in traditional WordPress themes.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Search Modes</h4>
<ol>
<li><strong>BM25</strong> — Pure text relevance scoring for blazing fast, highly accurate local searches.</li>
</ol>


Softlinkster Semantic Search

Self-hosted WordPress search with relevant results, live AJAX search, WooCommerce support, multilingual indexing, and privacy-safe analytics.

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