Freemius

elyass

<p>FindAstra is AI product search for WooCommerce. It helps your store understand what shoppers actually mean, not just the exact words they type. Someone searching for “comfortable shoes for hiking” will find your “Trail Running Sneakers” even when the title never mentions comfort or hiking.</p>
<p>Ordinary keyword search only matches products that literally contain the words a shopper types. So a customer who describes things in their own way lands on a “no results” page and leaves. FindAstra closes that gap. It reads the intent behind each search, puts the most relevant products first, and offers helpful suggestions instead of dead ends.</p>
<p>And the free version runs completely on its own. There are no API keys to paste, no account to create, and no monthly fees. The AI runs right inside the shopper’s browser, so nothing about your catalog or your customers is sent to an outside server, and you can index your entire catalog with no product limit.</p>
<h4>What your shoppers get</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Answers, not just matches.</strong> Searches are understood by meaning, so shoppers reach the right products even when their wording differs from yours.</li>
<li><strong>Live suggestions as they type.</strong> A search-as-you-type dropdown attaches to your existing search bar, with no theme editing.</li>
<li><strong>A results page that makes sense.</strong> Your normal WooCommerce results page is simply re-ordered by relevance, keeping your theme’s design exactly as it is.</li>
<li><strong>No more empty pages.</strong> When nothing is a strong match, shoppers see popular products instead of a dead end.</li>
</ul>
<h4>What you get as a store owner</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Set up in minutes.</strong> Activate, click index once, and AI search is live. No keys, no account, no configuration headaches.</li>
<li><strong>Private by default.</strong> Your products and your customers’ searches stay on your own site.</li>
<li><strong>Fits your store.</strong> Works with classic and block themes, and includes a search block, a shortcode, and a sidebar widget. Developers also get filter hooks and a REST endpoint to build on.</li>
</ul>
<h4>How it works, in plain terms</h4>
<p>When you click index, FindAstra reads each product and builds a small understanding of what it is. When a shopper searches, it compares their wording to that understanding and lists the closest products first. The first time it runs, the browser downloads a small AI model (about 33 MB) and reuses it from then on, so searches stay fast.</p>
<h4>FindAstra Pro (optional)</h4>
<p>A separate paid version is available at findastra.com for stores that want more. It adds optional server-side engines for very large catalogs (using your own OpenAI or Hugging Face key), multilingual search for WPML and Polylang, and built-in search analytics. The free version here is complete on its own, and nothing in it is locked or time limited.</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>Which external service (if any) FindAstra contacts depends on the search engine you choose during setup. Each is described below, including what data is sent and when.</p>
<h4>Hugging Face model hub (huggingface.co)</h4>
<p>Used by the default <strong>Local</strong> engine. The first time the Local engine runs (when you index products in wp-admin, or when a shopper performs a search), the browser downloads a roughly 33 MB open-source AI model from the Hugging Face model hub and caches it locally for later visits. Only the model files are fetched. No store, product, shopper, or site data is ever sent. After the download, all search runs entirely in the browser.</p>
<p>Hugging Face terms of service: https://huggingface.co/terms-of-service . Privacy policy: https://huggingface.co/privacy</p>
<h4>OpenAI API (api.openai.com)</h4>
<p>Used only if you select the <strong>OpenAI</strong> engine and enter your own API key. At index time, the text of each product (its title and the fields you choose to include) is sent to OpenAI to generate an embedding; at search time, the shopper’s query text is sent. Requests are authenticated with the API key you provide and are made only while the OpenAI engine is the active provider.</p>
<p>OpenAI terms of use: https://openai.com/policies/terms-of-use . Privacy policy: https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy</p>
<h4>Hugging Face Inference API (router.huggingface.co)</h4>
<p>Used only if you select the <strong>Hugging Face</strong> engine and enter your own access token. The same data as the OpenAI engine (product text at index time, query text at search time) is sent to the Hugging Face Inference API to generate embeddings, authenticated with the token you provide, and only while the Hugging Face engine is the active provider.</p>
<p>Hugging Face terms of service: https://huggingface.co/terms-of-service . Privacy policy: https://huggingface.co/privacy</p>


FindAstra — AI Semantic Search for WooCommerce

AI product search that understands what shoppers mean, not just keywords. Runs in the browser. No API keys, no signup, no cost.

wpazleen

sambyte

michael

<p>AskAny is a WordPress AI chatbot built on RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation). Before it answers anything, it retrieves the most relevant sections of your actual site content using semantic search, then generates a grounded, cited answer from that content — not from general AI knowledge.</p>
<p>Most WordPress chatbot plugins send the visitor’s question straight to an AI API and display whatever comes back. AskAny works differently. It indexes your posts, pages, products, PDFs, and external sources first, then retrieves the right content for each question before the AI generates a response. Every answer includes a source citation.</p>
<p>It also includes real-time live agent handoff, native WooCommerce order tracking by email or order ID, and SSE-based streaming that uses 90% less server load than polling-based chatbots — all without a monthly SaaS subscription.</p>
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<h3>How RAG Works in AskAny</h3>
<ol>
<li><strong>Index</strong> – AskAny crawls your posts, pages, products, PDFs, Q&A pairs, and external URLs into a semantic search index automatically.</li>
<li><strong>Retrieve</strong> – When a visitor asks a question, AskAny finds the most relevant content chunks using hybrid semantic and keyword search.</li>
<li><strong>Respond</strong> – The AI generates a cited answer using only your indexed content. It cannot answer from general knowledge, so responses stay specific to your business.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Semantic Search and Content Indexing</h3>
<p>The RAG and semantic search system is what makes AskAny different from keyword-triggered chatbots. It understands meaning and context, so it can find the right answer even when a visitor’s question doesn’t exactly match the wording in your content.</p>
<p>Content types indexed: posts, pages, custom post types, WooCommerce products and categories, custom fields, comments, menus, PDF documents, external URLs, Q&A pairs, and FAQs.</p>
<p>Indexing is designed to keep API costs low. Content hash caching reuses embeddings whenever content has not changed, cutting API usage by up to 90%. Batch embedding processes multiple texts in a single API call. Smart update detection only re-embeds content that has actually been modified.</p>
<p>Hybrid search runs both semantic understanding and keyword matching together. This covers the cases where exact phrase matching is needed alongside conceptual retrieval.</p>
<h3>Live Agent Handoff</h3>
<p>Agents manage conversations from the WordPress admin chat panel. When a visitor needs a human, the agent takes over in one click. Full conversation history carries over instantly with no visible interruption for the visitor.</p>
<p>The live agent system includes role-based access, online/offline status tracking, an unread message badge, and Slack integration so agents get notified and can reply without opening the WordPress admin. A Mobile App Push Bridge lets agents respond from Android.</p>
<h3>WooCommerce Order Tracking in Chat</h3>
<p>Customers can check their order status directly inside the chat widget. They can look up by email address, order ID, or transaction ID — no need to visit a separate order tracking page.</p>
<p>The WooCommerce integration also handles product information queries, real-time stock checks, smart product recommendations based on the conversation, and direct add-to-cart from chat. Product data is indexed automatically for RAG retrieval.</p>
<h3>Six AI Providers, No Lock-In</h3>
<p>Switch between providers at any time without losing your indexed content or chat history.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>OpenAI</strong> – GPT-4o, GPT-4o-mini, GPT-4.1, O4-mini</li>
<li><strong>DeepSeek</strong> – Cost-effective with strong reasoning</li>
<li><strong>Google Gemini</strong> – Gemini 2.0 Flash, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite</li>
<li><strong>Anthropic Claude</strong> – Advanced reasoning, safety-focused</li>
<li><strong>X.AI Grok</strong> – Real-time knowledge</li>
<li><strong>OpenRouter</strong> – 100+ models through a single API</li>
</ul>
<h3>Fallback Mode</h3>
<p>When your AI provider API is unavailable, AskAny keeps the chatbot running using indexed content and pattern matching. Visitors never see an error or a broken widget.</p>
<h3>Knowledge Base and Content Sources</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>PDF Import</strong> – Upload PDFs and the plugin extracts and indexes every page automatically. Works for product manuals, documentation, policies, and specs.</li>
<li><strong>External Sources</strong> – Index any external URL, REST API endpoint, JSON feed, or XML source as an additional knowledge base.</li>
<li><strong>Q&A Management</strong> – Add custom question-answer pairs with Markdown support. Bulk import and export included.</li>
<li><strong>Automatic Site Indexing</strong> – WordPress content is indexed automatically on publish and on update.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Analytics and Performance</h3>
<p>Track API request counts, success rates, token usage, and estimated costs per provider. Response time and popular question data helps you spot content gaps. Database tools include table size overview, one-click clean, optimize, and export, with date-range filtering.</p>
<h3>Customization Options</h3>
<p>The widget can be placed as a floating button (bottom-left or bottom-right) or embedded anywhere using the <code>[askany_chat]</code> shortcode.</p>
<p>Configurable options include: custom avatar, logo, header text, welcome message, suggested messages with predefined Q&A responses, typing animation speed (Regular, Fast, Faster, Instant), and response tone (Human, Professional, Friendly, Robotic). A homepage FAQ section and custom links support Markdown. Full RTL and WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility compliance is included.</p>
<h3>Multi-Language Support</h3>
<p>The chatbot detects the visitor’s language and responds accordingly. Supported languages include English, Bengali, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, and more.</p>
<h3>Privacy and Security</h3>
<p>All chat data is stored in your own WordPress database. The only external connection is the AI provider API you choose to use. Built-in GDPR controls cover data export, anonymization, and retention. Session security and XSS protection are included.</p>
<p>AI provider endpoints:<br />
– https://api.openai.com/v1/ (OpenAI)<br />
– https://api.deepseek.com/v1/ (DeepSeek)<br />
– https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/ (Google Gemini)<br />
– https://api.anthropic.com/ (Anthropic Claude)<br />
– https://api.x.ai/ (X.AI Grok)<br />
– https://openrouter.ai/api/ (OpenRouter)</p>
<p>Full terms of service and privacy policy links for each provider are in the plugin’s Privacy section.</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>= WPAzleen Settings API =<br />
Loads display settings for the Pro upgrade modal in the plugin admin area.<br />
No personal data or form submission data is sent or collected.<br />
Privacy: https://wpazleen.com/privacy-policy</p>
<h3>Source Code</h3>
<p>The source files for all compiled/minified JavaScript and CSS in this plugin are publicly available at:</p>
<p>https://github.com/wpazleen/askany</p>
<p>Build instructions:</p>
<ol>
<li>Clone the repository.</li>
<li>Run <code>npm install</code> in the root to install dependencies.</li>
<li>Run <code>npm run build</code> to compile the JavaScript and CSS assets.</li>
<li>The compiled files are output to <code>dist/</code>.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Compatible With</h3>
<p>E-commerce: WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads<br />
Forms: Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms, Formidable Forms<br />
Page builders: Elementor, Beaver Builder, Divi, Gutenberg<br />
Caching: WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, LiteSpeed Cache<br />
Messaging: Slack, Android push notifications via Mobile App Bridge</p>
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AskAny – AI Chatbot with RAG, Live Agent and Order Tracking


I’ve been using the AskAny plugin on my WordPress site, and it’s working great so far. Setup was smooth, and the interface looks modern and clean. It’s a handy tool if you want to add an intelligent chatbot to your site.


Great plugin

Free WordPress AI chatbot with RAG, live agent handoff, and WooCommerce order tracking. Real-time SSE streaming, 6 AI providers, no monthly fees.

FindAstra — AI Semantic Search for WooCommerce vs AskAny – AI Chatbot with RAG, Live Agent and Order Tracking