AI Search for WooCommerce vs AI Search for WooCommerce – Semantic Search

AI Search replaces WordPress and WooCommerce default search with AI that understands meaning, not just words. When shoppers search for “summer wedding dress”, “cozy winter sweater” or “outfit for a first date”, they find your products — even when none of those exact words appear in the title. Same store, same theme, same checkout. Nothing new for visitors to learn, nothing to configure to go live. Same queries with AI Search, products found: ✅ “summer wedding guest dress” → Light midi wraps, pastel jumpsuits, formal linen sets ✅ “warm cotton sweater for winter” → Merino pullovers, cable knits, cashmere blends ✅ “outfit for a first date” → Blazers, tailored dresses, leather boots ✅ “cozy loungewear for weekends” → Oversized hoodies, joggers, cotton sweatpants ✅ “wireless headphones for running” → Sweat-resistant earbuds, sport-fit models Not just WooCommerce. AI Search works on any WordPress site: blog posts, pages, documentation, directories, any public custom post type. Wherever visitors search, semantic matching finds what they meant. Try it live before installing: wp-search.ai/demos runs this exact plugin on three sample stores. Type your own search, or a SKU, and see the traditional results next to the AI results, side by side: Clothing store – users describe an occasion, not a product name Bookstore – readers remember the theme, never the exact title Electronics – model codes and specs, where exact SKU matching has to win Live search dropdown – type in the box and watch results appear before you finish Traditional Results First, AI Results After AI Search never replaces the results your search already finds. It adds to them. Every search runs in three steps, in this order: Exact matches: a query that matches a product SKU or an exact product title is always the first result. Traditional keyword results: everything WordPress and WooCommerce search would normally find (products literally containing your search words) comes next, ranked by keyword relevance instead of publish date. AI results: only below those. Semantic matches are added: products that mean the same thing even when they use different words. So if a user searches for something that literally exists on your site, they see exactly what they would see without the plugin, just better ordered. The AI layer only ever extends the results with products the traditional search missed. Installing AI Search will not change or hide the results your customers already find today. Search As You Type Two optional blocks bring live results to your site, without sending your visitors to a results page first: AI Search Box: a search field that shows results in a dropdown as the user types: thumbnail, product title and price on a single row. AI Search Button: a search icon for your header or menu that opens a full-screen search overlay. Both are Gutenberg blocks. Open any page, template or header in the editor, click the + button, search for “AI Search”, and place the one you want – there is nothing to configure to get started. They follow the same “traditional first” rule as the results page: keyword and SKU matches appear instantly on every keystroke, and AI suggestions are added underneath when typing pauses. Try the live search demo – three real catalogues, type anything you like. This keeps your quota intact. Keystrokes cost nothing, only the pause triggers a single AI lookup. A ten-character search runs one AI request, not ten. Both blocks read your theme’s own colours, fonts and corner radius, so they look like part of your site rather than something bolted on, on light and dark themes alike. They are fully keyboard and screen-reader accessible. And they are entirely optional: place one where you want it, or place none and nothing about your site changes. Key Features Search As You Type: Optional search box and search button blocks with a live results dropdown, keyword matches instantly, AI suggestions on pause. WooCommerce Product Search: 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. Understands Meaning, Not Just Keywords: Semantic search means “cozy winter sweater” matches your “merino wool pullover”. Long-tail and descriptive queries stop returning empty pages. Traditional Results Are Never Lost: Keyword matches always rank above AI suggestions. The AI extends your search results. It never replaces them. Cross-Lingual & Multilingual: 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. SKU & Attribute Matching: Customers can search by SKU fragments, attribute values, or technical specs and still find the right product. Smart Fallback System: 4-tier fallback ensures users never hit a zero-result page, if AI search finds nothing, standard WordPress search takes over automatically. No External Account Needed: Our free service covers up to 10,000 products per site, out of the box. Advanced: Use Your Own Provider Key: Power users can bring their own provider key for unlimited indexing. One-Click Indexing: Index your entire existing catalog in one click, filtered by post type or category. Quota Management: Real-time monitoring of AI service usage and limits (v1.14.0+). Works Beyond Products Too: Same intelligent search for blog posts, pages, and any public custom post type. ACF Compatible: Index Advanced Custom Fields data for deeper product metadata search. Tunable Similarity Threshold: Fine-tune how strict or broad search results are, per store. Intelligent Caching: Fast results with automatic local caching. AI Search Works With Any WooCommerce Store Fashion & apparel: “something flowy for a summer wedding” finds dresses; attribute-aware queries like “cotton breathable large” match by size and material Beauty & skincare: “my skin looks tired” finds night creams and recovery oils; “gift for sensitive skin” finds hypoallergenic sets Electronics: “wireless headphones for running” finds sweat-resistant earbuds; exact SKUs like WOO-HOOD-24 are always pinned first, no guessing Home & garden: “cozy living room” finds rugs, lamps, throw pillows; “durable outdoor” finds weather-resistant furniture Food & beverage: “healthy snacks for kids” finds low-sugar options across your catalogue Books & media: readers remember themes, plots and moods, rarely exact titles: “coming-of-age novel set in Japan” finds what keyword search never would B2B & wholesale: semantic queries like “cotton shirts bulk order” work the same way; your existing WooCommerce pricing rules and role-based visibility still apply Knowledge bases & directories: long-tail help queries stop hitting empty pages; “how to reduce hosting costs” finds “cutting your server bill in half” Works With The Plugins Your Store Already Uses WooCommerce: products, variations, virtual products, categories, tags, brand taxonomy, product attributes (size, color, material, etc.) ACF (Free and Pro): text, textarea, WYSIWYG, repeaters, and group fields; opt-in via the Custom Fields tab Meta Box, Pods, JetEngine: text fields exposed through standard WordPress meta APIs are picked up automatically; more via the ai_search_embedding_content filter WPML and Polylang: content is indexed separately per language, so a Portuguese query finds Portuguese products, not the English original Page builders: Gutenberg native. Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder and Bricks content is indexed wherever it lands in post_content Any WordPress theme: the plugin extends your existing search template; no theme changes needed How It Works Each product in your WooCommerce catalog is converted into a “meaning fingerprint” that captures its title, description, SKU, categories, tags, and attributes. When a user searches, the plugin first pins exact SKU/title matches, then lists every traditional keyword match (what your search finds today), ranked by relevance. The query then gets its own meaning fingerprint, which is compared against every product’s. The closest meaning matches are appended below the traditional results, extra products the keyword search missed, never replacements for it. If nothing at all is found, a multi-tier fallback kicks in so users never hit an empty results page. Indexing happens automatically when you publish or update products, no manual work after setup. Learn More Visit our website for documentation, demos, and examples: https://wp-search.ai/?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=readme Browse technical documentation, see live demos of the plugin in action, and learn best practices for AI-powered search. Usage Your existing WooCommerce search form (and the default WordPress search) are automatically upgraded, no theme or template changes required. Manage settings, switch providers, and monitor quota via the AI Search menu in your WordPress admin. External Service This plugin connects with: OpenAI Embeddings API: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/embeddings Custom Node.js Embedding Service Please read more here: https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/embeddings

Queryra is an AI search plugin for WooCommerce and WordPress — a semantic search engine that understands what customers mean, not just what they type. Your customer types “present for my girlfriend”. Your WooCommerce store returns: 0 results. You sell gift boxes, perfumes, skincare sets — exactly what she’d love. But default WooCommerce search can’t connect “present for girlfriend” to “Gift Box”. Your customer leaves. Sale lost. This happens every day. 👉 Try AI Search live → WooCommerce demo store — 220+ products across 10 brands. Search naturally and see the difference. What is AI Search for WooCommerce? AI Search replaces WooCommerce’s default product search with semantic search that understands meaning. Your products stay the same. Your store stays the same. Search just works. Trusted compatibility: Oxygen Builder, Breakdance, Meta Box, TranslatePress, Weglot, MemberPress, B2BKing, and more. Default WooCommerce search → 0 results: ❌ “my skin looks tired” ❌ “gift for mom who loves candles” ❌ “looking older than my age” Same store with AI Search → products found: ✅ “my skin looks tired” → Night creams, recovery oils, eye patches ✅ “gift for mom who loves candles” → Scented candles, home fragrance sets ✅ “looking older than my age” → Anti-aging serums, firming creams Beyond Semantic Search AI Search goes further than vector search alone. A natural language query like “wireless headphones under $80, not Beats” applies the price filter AND excludes the brand automatically. No other WooCommerce AI search plugin does this. AI Search works as an AI product search engine for WooCommerce — handling intent-aware queries, ChatGPT-style natural language, and B2B wholesale bulk search. Powered by vector embeddings and LLM intent parsing. AI Search Compatible Plugins Queryra has confirmed integrations and tested compatibility with leading WordPress plugins: Page Builders: * Oxygen Builder — full Oxygen 4.x and 6.0 support, automatic content extraction * Breakdance — native Breakdance content indexing Custom Fields: * Meta Box — text and group fields indexed automatically * ACF (Free + Pro) — text, textarea, WYSIWYG, repeaters, groups Multilingual: * TranslatePress — single unified semantic index across all languages * Weglot — multilingual semantic search Membership & Affiliate: * MemberPress — semantic search across member-only content; MemberPress continues to gate the content itself at render time * Easy Affiliate Pro — affiliate product search with custom fields B2B: * B2BKing — semantic AI search in bulk order forms (new in 1.4.1) More integrations and developer docs → queryra.com/docs AI Search for Page Builders & Custom Fields Page builder content used to be invisible to WordPress search. Queryra fixes this — AI search now reads everything your visitors see: Elementor AI search — indexes content stored in _elementor_data, including text widgets, headings, and product descriptions built with Elementor Beaver Builder & Breakdance — full content extraction from saved layouts Oxygen Builder — both legacy shortcode mode and modern JSON v2 supported Gutenberg / WPBakery / Divi — native support (content already in post_content) AI Search for Custom Fields & Taxonomies Most product data lives in custom fields, not the post content. Queryra reads it automatically: ACF (Free + Pro) — text, textarea, WYSIWYG, repeaters, and groups indexed without configuration Meta Box — text fields and group fields via the official registry Custom taxonomies — book_genre, material, property_type, or any public custom taxonomy is sent to the AI search index, keyed by slug Pods, JetEngine, Bricks Builder — supported via developer filter queryra_indexable_meta_content Smart filtering automatically excludes CSS values, hex colors, URLs, and dates from the semantic search index — keeping AI relevance high. Make Your Store Discoverable by AI AI Search doesn’t just help your customers — it helps AI assistants find your store. Queryra automatically generates structured data and AI-readable files so ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Claude can recommend your products. Dynamic /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt for AI crawlers JSON-LD structured data on search pages X-Search-Engine header for AI attribution Want extra visibility? Partner Program — qualifying sites can apply for Queryra at no cost. See Partner Program details. Site promotion — your site gets featured on queryra.com and promoted across AI search platforms WordPress 7.0 Connectors API & Abilities API Queryra is a native WordPress 7.0 AI search connector. After activation, Queryra appears in Settings → Connectors alongside OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google — giving site owners a unified place to manage AI search configuration. Connectors API — Queryra registers as an AI search connector. Manage your Queryra API key from the standard WordPress 7.0 Connectors screen. Abilities API — Queryra exposes queryra/semantic-search as a discoverable ability. AI agents, chatbots, and assistants running on WordPress 7.0 can call Queryra natively for semantic product search. Backward compatible — Queryra works on WordPress 5.8+. Connector and ability features activate automatically on WordPress 7.0 and newer. Queryra is one of the early AI semantic search plugins to register as a WordPress 7.0 connector — making API key management consistent with other AI providers in Settings → Connectors. AI Search Setup in 5 Minutes ✅ Free demo — no credit card required ✅ No OpenAI account needed ✅ WooCommerce AI search ready in 5 minutes Start your free demo → Install and activate Follow the Setup Wizard Get your free API key at queryra.com/signup One-click WooCommerce product import Done — AI search now understands your customers No coding. No configuration headaches. WooCommerce AI Search Setup Guide → WooCommerce Product Search Features Natural Language Search – Customers type like they think, AI search finds what they need WooCommerce Product Search – Indexes titles, descriptions, SKUs, categories, tags, and attributes Semantic Search Ranking – AI ranks results by meaning, not alphabetical order Boost Controls – Promote products you want to sell more of Live Product Search – Instant AJAX-powered suggestions as customers type Auto-Sync – New WooCommerce products indexed automatically on publish Smart Context Detection – AI search activates on WooCommerce shop pages automatically Search Analytics – See what customers search for, including zero-result queries Page Builder Support – Indexes content from Elementor, Beaver Builder, Breakdance, Oxygen automatically Custom Field Indexing – Reads ACF and Meta Box custom fields out of the box WooCommerce Product Search Works With Any Store Beauty & Skincare – “my skin looks tired” finds night creams Fashion – “something for a summer wedding” finds dresses Electronics – “good laptop for video editing” finds the right specs Home & Garden – “cozy living room” finds rugs, lamps, pillows Food & Beverage – “healthy snacks for kids” finds the right products Semantic Search for WordPress Content Queryra’s semantic search also works with regular WordPress content — posts, pages, and custom post types. Well-suited for knowledge bases, blogs, and FAQ sections. AI Search for B2B and Wholesale Stores AI Search includes native B2BKing integration starting from version 1.4.1. The bulk order form’s keyword search is replaced with semantic AI product search — your B2B buyers find products by intent, not just exact SKUs or names. Wholesale-specific use cases supported: “warm jackets for winter — bulk order” “shirts in cotton, breathable, wholesale pricing” “keychains and accessories — high quantity” B2B visibility rules (group restrictions, per-product permissions, category-level access) are fully respected. Works for B2BKing, B2BWoo, and manual B2B WooCommerce setups. Why Replace Default WooCommerce Search? Default WooCommerce product search matches exact words. If your product is “Velora Overnight Recovery Oil” and someone types “my skin looks tired”, they get nothing. AI search fixes that — customers find products even with vague or natural language queries. Why Queryra vs Other WooCommerce Product Search Plugins? No OpenAI Account Required — Queryra includes its own search backend, so you don’t need to create a separate OpenAI account or manage external API keys. Indexed on YOUR WooCommerce Store — Queryra learns from YOUR products, descriptions, and categories — not generic global data. Intent-Aware AI Search — Most semantic search plugins only match meaning. Queryra goes further: “wireless headphones under $80, not Beats” applies the price filter AND excludes the brand. Vector-only plugins ignore both. Why vector search isn’t enough → Privacy Queryra is built with privacy in mind. This section explains exactly what data leaves your WordPress site, what stays local, and how you stay in control as the store owner. What Queryra sends to the API Content indexing (posts, pages, products): For every published item of the post types you enable (default: posts and pages; optionally products), Queryra sends: Title, content, excerpt (HTML stripped) Post type, permalink, featured image URL Categories and tags (names only) For WooCommerce products: price, stock quantity, SKU, brand, short description, product attributes (e.g. Color, Size) Featured/sticky flag (used to boost ranking of highlighted content) That’s it. This is the same data your site already shows publicly on the frontend — Queryra does not read private posts, drafts, or protected content. Search queries: When a visitor types in your search box, only the query text is sent to the API. The API returns matching post IDs, which WordPress then renders normally from your own database. Anonymous usage analytics: On plugin lifecycle events (activation, deactivation, setup milestones and error reports), Queryra sends: a randomly generated instance UUID (stored locally, no link to any user), WordPress version, PHP version, plugin version, WooCommerce active flag, whether AI search is switched on, which content types you enabled for indexing, and counts of posts, pages, products and public custom post types. This helps us prioritize compatibility fixes. You can disable this entirely by adding the following line to your wp-config.php: define('QUERYRA_DISABLE_ANALYTICS', true); Site profile (optional, user-declared): When the setup wizard opens you may optionally answer what kind of site you run and what you expect from search. Your answer is sent to Queryra once and is not stored on your site; only a small flag stays locally so the question is not asked twice. Skipping sends no answer — only the fact that you skipped, so we can tell a decline apart from never having seen the question. You can answer or update it at any time in Settings → Site Profile. Deactivation feedback (optional): If you choose to submit the feedback form when deactivating, your selected reason and comments are sent to Queryra together with your site URL, the plugin version and — only if you enter one — your email address for a reply. Skipping the form sends no feedback content; the deactivation event records only whether the form was submitted, skipped, or never shown. What Queryra NEVER sends No visitor IP addresses No user agents or browser fingerprints No cookies or session identifiers No customer accounts, emails, or order data No browsing history or behavior tracking No personally identifiable information (PII) about searchers or customers No private, draft, password-protected or unpublished content Your control as a store owner Choose which post types are indexed (Settings → Queryra) Disable AI search anytime — WordPress falls back to native search Deactivate the plugin to stop all data transmission Delete indexed records from the Queryra dashboard Security Queryra is publicly tracked by independent security and quality services: WPScan vulnerability database PluginTests static analysis and smoke tests Source code on GitHub No third-party frontend scripts: Queryra loads only its own minimal stylesheet on public pages. No external JavaScript, no tracking pixels, no third-party CDN requests on the frontend. Responsible disclosure: Found a security issue? Email contact@queryra.com. We will investigate on a best-effort basis and credit reporters in the changelog. Full privacy policy: queryra.com/privacy Additional Information Support AI Search Documentation FAQ WooCommerce Product Search Setup Email: support@queryra.com Links WooCommerce AI Search Live Demo Partner Program WooCommerce Search & AI Product Discovery Blog GitHub