FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce vs Bob Pay

The most popular WooCommerce product search plugin. It gives your users a well-designed advanced AJAX search bar with live search suggestions. By default, WooCommerce provides a very simple search solution, without live product search or even SKU search. FiboSearch (formerly Ajax Search for WooCommerce) provides advanced search with live suggestions. Who doesn’t love instant, as-you-type suggestions? In 2025, customers expect smart product search. Baymard Institute’s latest UX research reveals that search autocomplete, auto-suggest, or an instant search feature is now offered on 96% of major e-commerce sites. It’s a must-have feature for every online business that can’t afford to lose customers. Why? FiboSearch helps users save time and makes shopping easier. As a result, Fibo really boosts sales. Features ✅ Search by product title, long and short description ✅ Search by SKU ✅ Show product image in live search results ✅ Show product price in live search results ✅ Show product description in live search results ✅ Show SKU in live search results ✅ Mobile first – special mobile search mode for better UX ✅ Details panels with extended information – “add to cart” button with a quantity field and extended product data displayed on hovering over the live suggestion ✅ Easy implementation in your theme – embed the plugin using a shortcode, as a menu item or as a widget ✅ Terms search – search for product categories and tags ✅ Search history – the current search history is presented when the user clicked/taped on the search bar, but hasn’t yet typed the query. ✅ Limit displayed suggestions – the number is customizable ✅ The minimum number of characters required to display suggestions – the number is customizable ✅ Better ordering – a smart algorithm ensures that the displayed results are as accurate as possible ✅ Support for WooCommerce search results page – after typing enter, users get the same results as in FiboSearch bar ✅ Grouping instant search results by type – displaying e.g. first matching categories, then matching products ✅ Google Analytics support ✅ Multilingual support including WPML, Polylang and qTranslate-XT ✅ Personalization of search bar and autocomplete suggestions – labels, colors, preloader, image and more Try the PRO version FiboSearch also comes in a Pro version, with a modern, inverted index-based search engine. FiboSearch Pro works up to 10× faster than the Free version or other popular search solutions for WooCommerce. Upgrade to PRO and boost your sales! PRO features ✅ Ultra-fast search engine based on the inverted index – works very fast, even with 100,000+ products ✅ Fuzzy search – works even with minor typos ✅ Search in custom fields with dedicated support for ACF ✅ Search in attributes ✅ Search in categories. Supports category thumbnails. ✅ Search in tags ✅ Search in brands (We support WooCommerce Brands, Perfect Brands for WooCommerce, Brands for WooCommerce, YITH WooCommerce Brands). Supports brand thumbnails. ✅ Search by variation product SKU – also shows variable products in live search after typing in the exact matching SKU ✅ Search for posts – also shows matching posts in live search ✅ Search for pages – also shows matching posts in live search ✅ Synonyms ✅ Conditional exclusion of products ✅ TranslatePress compatible ✅ Professional and fast help with embedding or replacing the search bar in your theme ✅ and more… ✅ SEE ALL PRO FEATURES! Showcase See how it works for others: Showcase. Feedback Any suggestions or comments are welcome. Feel free to contact us via the contact form.

Bob Pay: Secure, Simple, and Cost-Effective Online Payments Bob Pay, the payment gateway from Bob Group, offers South African merchants a secure, cost-effective way to accept online payments. With no startup or payout fees, only a minimal transaction fee applies. Key features include PCI DSS compliance, SSL encryption, redundancy for high availability, scalability for high transaction volumes, and proactive monitoring. Bob Pay is an ideal solution for ecommerce businesses, offering stability, security, and custom API integrations. State-of-the-art encryption and protocols safeguard every transaction. Meets strict global standards to ensure your payments are secure. Protects data transmission with secure, encrypted connections. Built-in redundancy and failover ensure minimal downtime. Handles high transaction volumes with ease, growing with your business. Supported banks currently include: FNB, Nedbank, Absa, Standard Bank, Capitec, Investec, Discovery Bank, TymeBank and Bank Zero. Transaction fees: Please see our Bob Pay pricing page for the latest rates. Receive discounted pricing if you process more than R500,000 per month, or if you’re a Bob Go merchant*. * Must have a paid Bob Go subscription. External services This plugin connects to the Bob Pay payment gateway API to process online payments. Bob Pay is a South African payment processor provided by Bob Group (Pty) Ltd. What data is sent and when When a customer selects a Bob Pay payment method at checkout, the plugin sends order details (order amount, currency, order reference, return URLs) to the Bob Pay API to create a payment intent. The customer is then redirected to Bob Pay to complete payment. When Bob Pay processes the payment, it sends a webhook notification back to your site to confirm the payment status. The plugin then validates the payment by communicating with the Bob Pay API. If refunds are initiated from the WooCommerce admin, the plugin sends the refund amount and order reference to the Bob Pay API. The plugin communicates with the following Bob Pay API endpoints: Production: https://api.bobpay.co.za Sandbox: https://api.sandbox.bobpay.co.za This service is provided by Bob Group (Pty) Ltd. Terms and Conditions Privacy Policy Development The compressed JavaScript file build/js/frontend/index.js is built from the source file resources/js/frontend/index.js included in this plugin. To build from source: Install dependencies: npm install Build: npm run build This uses @wordpress/scripts (wp-scripts) with a custom webpack configuration (webpack.config.js).