FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce vs COD Express Checkout

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.

COD Express Checkout adds a streamlined, one-click checkout form directly beneath the product price on WooCommerce single product pages. This form appears only when Cash on Delivery (COD) is enabled as a payment method, allowing customers to bypass the traditional cart → checkout flow entirely. Perfect for COD-Heavy Markets Cash on Delivery dominates in specific regions: Middle East: 60-80% of e-commerce transactions are COD South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh): 50-70% COD preference Southeast Asia: 40-60% COD usage Latin America: Growing COD adoption Key Features ⚡ Express Checkout Form – Displays directly on product page 🎯 COD-Specific – Only shows when COD payment is enabled 📱 Mobile Optimized – Responsive design for all devices ⚙️ Fully Configurable – Toggle fields, customize labels, reorder fields 🔄 Variable Products – Full support for variable products with variations 📝 Order Notes – Optional customer notes field 🔒 Secure – Nonce verification, input sanitization, rate limiting 🌐 Translation Ready – Full i18n support 🎨 Theme Agnostic – Works with any WordPress theme 🔗 Developer Friendly – Extensive hooks and filters 📍 Shortcode Support – Place the form anywhere on your site How It Works Customer lands on a product page Sees the express checkout form below the price For variable products, selects their preferred variation Fills in name, phone, and address Clicks “Order Now – Pay on Delivery” Order is created instantly via AJAX Customer sees confirmation message No cart page. No checkout page. Just one form, one click! Conversion Benefits Reduce cart abandonment by 50%+ Capture impulse buyers at peak buying intent Decrease checkout time from 3-5 minutes to under 60 seconds Improve mobile conversion rates with simplified flow Developer Documentation Available Hooks Actions: cod_express_checkout_loaded - Fires after plugin is fully loaded cod_express_checkout_before_form - Before form renders cod_express_checkout_after_form - After form renders cod_express_checkout_before_order_create - Before order creation cod_express_checkout_after_order_create - After order creation cod_express_checkout_emails_sent - After order emails sent Filters: cod_express_checkout_enabled_fields - Modify enabled fields cod_express_checkout_button_text - Change button text cod_express_checkout_form_title - Change form title cod_express_checkout_order_status - Set order status (default: processing) cod_express_checkout_billing_address - Modify billing address cod_express_checkout_shipping_address - Modify shipping address cod_express_checkout_rate_limit - Adjust rate limit (default: 5 per minute) Example: Add Custom Field add_filter( 'cod_express_checkout_available_fields', function( $fields ) { $fields['custom_field'] = array( 'label' => __( 'Custom Field', 'your-textdomain' ), 'type' => 'text', 'default' => false, 'required' => false, ); return $fields; }); Example: Change Order Status add_filter( 'cod_express_checkout_order_status', function( $status, $order ) { return 'on-hold'; // Instead of 'processing' }, 10, 2 ); Example: Add Custom Validation add_action( 'cod_express_checkout_validate_input', function( $data ) { if ( strlen( $data['billing_phone'] ) < 10 ) { throw new Exception( __( 'Phone number must be at least 10 digits.', 'your-textdomain' ) ); } }); Requirements WordPress 6.0 or higher WooCommerce 8.0 or higher PHP 7.4 or higher Cash on Delivery payment method enabled Support For support, please: Check the FAQ section above Visit the WordPress.org support forum Report bugs or request features on the support forum Privacy Policy COD Express Checkout respects your privacy: No data is sent to external servers All order data is stored in your WooCommerce database The plugin uses WooCommerce’s native order system On uninstall, all plugin settings are removed (order data is preserved) Credits Developed by oughoudane Built with love for COD-heavy markets Uses WooCommerce APIs for native integration Icons from WordPress Dashicons