FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce vs PlugnAI – AI Shopping Assistant

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.

PlugnAI adds an intelligent AI shopping assistant to your WooCommerce store. Like Amazon’s Rufus, but for your shop. Features: Smart product search with natural language Personalized product recommendations Side-by-side product comparison with visual table Add to cart directly from the chat Product cards with images, prices and ratings Shipping and return policy information Automatic product catalog sync Floating widget or side panel display mode Multi-language support (responds in visitor’s language) How it works: Install the plugin and connect your PlugnAI account Products sync automatically to the AI engine Your customers can chat with the assistant to find and buy products External Services: This plugin connects to the PlugnAI service to provide AI-powered chat functionality: PlugnAI API (api.plugnai.io) – Processes chat messages, product search and recommendations PlugnAI Widget (app.plugnai.io/webchat/widget.js) – Chat widget loaded on your store’s frontend PlugnAI Portal (app.plugnai.io) – Account management and configuration Product data (names, descriptions, prices, images, categories) is sent to PlugnAI servers for AI processing and semantic search indexing. Anonymous usage telemetry: when the plugin is activated and during onboarding, it sends an anonymous event to api.plugnai.io to help us measure activation. This contains only the plugin version, WordPress/WooCommerce/PHP versions and the site locale. It does NOT include your site URL, store name, email, customer data or any personal information. Service Terms: https://plugnai.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://plugnai.io/privacy