FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce vs Ninoxa Live Search

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.

Ninoxa Live Search adds an accessible, real-time AJAX-powered live search to your WordPress site. It supports multilingual sites via Polylang and WPML. Use a standard WordPress search form; results appear below the input. Min query: 3 chars. Shows configurable number of results (defaults to 10) + a “More results…” link. Manage plugin options from the Ninoxa Live Search admin menu. The default shortcut is Ctrl + /, and you can replace it with your own key combination or disable it completely. Optional type-to-search: when enabled, typing two characters outside any input focuses the search field and inserts the text. Works in Firefox even when find-as-you-type is enabled. Features: * Real-time search results as you type * Frontend matching modes (keyword, any word, exact phrase, whole word, fuzzy) using the native WordPress search engine; fuzzy mode tolerates one-character typos via edit-distance-1 LIKE patterns * AJAX-powered with nonce security * Polylang and WPML compatible * Accessible (ARIA attributes) * Configurable keyboard shortcut * Optional type-to-search (focus search when typing two characters outside any input; disabled by default; works in Firefox) * Optional focus outline on the search field (can be turned off to keep the theme’s focus styles) * Lightweight and fast Keyboard Shortcuts Global: Ctrl + / by default: Focus the Ninoxa Live Search input Keyboard shortcut can be customized or disabled from the Ninoxa Live Search admin menu Type-to-search (opt-in): When enabled in settings, typing two printable characters in quick succession anywhere on the page (outside inputs, textareas, and contenteditable regions) focuses the search field and inserts the typed text Keys are captured before the browser, so this works in Firefox even when “Search for text when you start typing” is enabled A lone keypress is ignored, so accidental single-key bumps do not hijack focus Works alongside the keyboard shortcut above; disabled by default Inactive on touch-first devices Search results: Arrow Up/Down: Navigate through search results Enter: Select highlighted result Escape: Close search results Tab: Move focus into the matching mode bar (keeps results open) Matching modes (while the search field or results are focused): Alt+1, Alt+2, …: Select the matching mode in that position (shown as a number on each button) Arrow Left/Right: Move between matching modes when a mode button is focused Home/End: Jump to first / last mode Enter / Space: Activate the focused mode Escape: Return focus to the search input