Best live search plugins for WordPress
The most popular live search plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Ajax Search Lite leads with 70K+ active installs, ahead of Advanced Woo Search (60K+) and Advance Product Search- Voice & Ajax Search for WooCommerce (9K+). All 78 plugins tagged “live search” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 live search plugins
- 1.
Ajax Search LiteThe most installed live search plugin, with 70K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 266 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 2.
Advanced Woo Search60K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 248 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 3.
Advance Product Search- Voice & Ajax Search for WooCommerce9K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 4.
Advanced Product Search For WooCommerce4K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 6 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Search in Place3K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 64 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
Predictive Search for WooCommerce700+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 49 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 7.
Search Live600+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 30 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 8.
Fast Fuzzy Search100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 4 months ago.
- 9.
StoreBolt100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 10.
Init Live Search100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
All 78 plugins tagged “live search”
Ajax Search Lite
#564by wpdreams21 days ago
The Best Ajax Live Search and Filter for WordPress. Live suggestions, Custom Post types, Custom fields, Categories, WooCommerce & Elementor support
- Installs
- 70K+
- Rating
- 4.8(266)
- Downloads
- 738/day
Advanced Woo Search
Down in the last 7 days:1#617by ILLID6 days ago
Advanced WooCommerce product search plugin. Search inside any product field. Support for both AJAX search and search results page.
- Installs
- 60K+
- Rating
- 4.8(248)
- Downloads
- 1.3K/day
Advance Product Search- Voice & Ajax Search for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,273by ThemeHunk23 days ago
Advanced Product Search boosts your store search with instant AJAX results, live suggestions helping customers find products faster.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 98/day
Advanced Product Search For WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:8#3,395by aThemeArt2 months ago
Popup Cart Lite for WooCommerce for WooCommerce plugin that displays popup cart for add to cart action.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 41/day
Search in Place
Up in the last 7 days:9#4,105by codepeople1 month ago
Search in Place improves blog search by displaying query results in real time. It displays the results dynamically as you enter the search criteria.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.9(64)
- Downloads
- 42/day
Predictive Search for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:12#7,916by Steve Truman4 months ago
Predictive Search for WooCommerce gives your customers an awesome search experience delivering stunning 'live' product search results.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 3.2(49)
- Downloads
- 58/day
Search Live
Up in the last 7 days:18#8,225by itthinx20 days ago
Help visitors find what they need faster with instant search results as they type, including excerpts and thumbnails.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 5.0(30)
- Downloads
- 15/day
Fast Fuzzy Search
Down in the last 7 days:22#13,429by Khizar Hasan4 months ago
Blazing fast, typo-tolerant, AJAX-powered search for WordPress and WooCommerce. Live results as you type, with a customizable overlay that matches you …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
StoreBolt
Up in the last 7 days:1,478#14,615by MadrasThemes1 month ago
Instant WooCommerce product search: a live dropdown over variations, SKUs, categories and brands, from a dedicated index. Self-hosted and free.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Init Live Search
Up in the last 7 days:305#16,676by Init HTML1 month ago
Fast REST API live search with optional FULLTEXT index, Meilisearch, AI-powered Related Posts, slash commands, ACF and WooCommerce support.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Instant Search
Down in the last 7 days:70#19,707by Marius3 months ago
Live search that sells: visitors see products instantly and add to cart right from the search results. Built for WooCommerce stores.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Super Ajax Search
Up in the last 7 days:159#21,436by Naveen Gaur7 months ago
Feature-rich live search with thumbnails, smart excerpts, result grouping, and category filtering.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Predictive Search
Down in the last 7 days:241#21,693by Steve Truman4 months ago
Predictive Search for WordPress gives your site visitors an awesome search experience delivering stunning 'live' search results.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Eonet Live Search
Down in the last 7 days:12#22,276by Alkaweb8 years ago
Search dynamically in real time through all your site, including pages, posts, members, products & so on.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.8(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ajax Product Search for WooCommerce (ProSearch)
#22,653by ProSearch5 months ago
Smart, fast, and accurate Ajax Product Search for WooCommerce with live results, fuzzy matching, and instant product suggestions.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WooSearch
Down in the last 7 days:1,138#22,763by sebastianhsu10 years ago
WooSearch is a search plugin which provides real-time ajax product search based on WooCommerce.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Live Search
#23,439by Nick Haskins11 years ago
A super light-weight live search plugin that utilizes the WP REST API.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Remote Site Search
#24,752by Pratik Chaskar2 months ago
Search any WordPress site's data using WP REST API.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbPress Live Topic Suggestions
Down in the last 7 days:217#25,578by Hudson Atwell11 years ago
Auto suggest related topics based on user's new topic title. Uses a combination of tag regongnition & title string searches to return results …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Live Search
#26,168by Humberto Silva7 years ago
Live search pages and posts in the dashboard / admin area via AJAX.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Quick Search
Up in the last 7 days:124#26,382by toriphes17 years ago
Quick Search add AJAX Search to your site
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PopSearch Live for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:65#28,309by Aizaz Ali6 months ago
Fullscreen search popup with live product search, category slider and trending tags for WooCommerce stores.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lumenare Search
Up in the last 7 days:1,019#32,085by Adam Greenwell1 month ago
Advanced WordPress search with live results, weighted indexing, fuzzy matching, filters, analytics, and block support.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ajaxy Instant Search
Down in the last 7 days:82#32,881by Naji Amer2 years ago
A facebook like ajaxy live search for wordpress, this plugin uses the same functionality as facebook to retrieve the results from your blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
i-Search
Up in the last 7 days:1,980#44,704by all4wp8 years ago
Live search suggestions for all post types. Search everywhere, include almost everything in the search. WooCommerce compatible.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ajax Search
#46,987by Sandor Kovacs10 years ago
Ajax Search is a simple instant posts search widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Product Search for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:4,081#48,456by StorePlugin3 months ago
Fast Ajax product search for WooCommerce. Instant results with images and prices as customers type, served from a dedicated search index.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ninoxa Live Search
#49,839by Mohammad Anbarestany2 days ago
A plugin to add live search functionality to your WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Findlane Search for WooCommerce
#50,875by findlane4 days ago
Product search for your store's search box and search results page: as shoppers type, with typo tolerance, synonyms and your own rules.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 76/day
Live Product Search for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:17,974#52,722by gatemi17 days ago
Live AJAX product search for WooCommerce — instant suggestions with thumbnails and prices as shoppers type.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple AJAX Product Search for WooCommerce
#53,100by tfbgloballtd11 months ago
Fast and responsive AJAX product search for WooCommerce with instant results, clean UI and simple menu or shortcode integration.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mhr Product Search for WooCommerce
#54,430by MhrTheme1 day ago
Help shoppers find the right product in seconds. It adds a fast live search box to your WooCommerce store. AI-powered search is in the Pro version.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day
Advanced Woo Ajax Search
#54,727by Farid Mia3 months ago
Most advanced woo ajax search plugin for WooCommerce
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Search by GOGO GET
Up in the last 7 days:8,222#55,393by GOGO KC20 days ago
Ask in plain language, get live results as you type, and see what visitors search.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hound
Up in the last 7 days:4,374#55,703by Themexplosion2 years ago
Search all posts and pages of a WordPress website instantly. Get search result as you keep typing your keyword.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
OzuLabs Turbo Search for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:16,152#55,849by fearofbug1 month ago
Instant live product search for WooCommerce using native MySQL FULLTEXT indexing.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Finzo Product Search for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:13,713#56,416by Plugsbe6 days ago
Live WooCommerce product search that answers as shoppers type. SKU and variation search, typo tolerance, synonyms and relevance you can tune.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Kody Search
#57,580by maticparker1 month ago
Instant dropdown search for your posts and pages. Results appear as you type, with no page reload.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPRAG Smart Search
Down in the last 7 days:1,309#57,624by wprag4 months ago
A block-first local keyword search for WordPress with weighted relevance ranking, taxonomy filters, and live results. No account, no external calls.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Asorto
Down in the last 7 days:2,648#57,985by mikolajkapica11 days ago
Free smart search and AI search for WooCommerce. Understands needs, typos and budgets like "gift for dad under 150". Never fewer results than before.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
AI Search by Biel.ai
#58,264by TechDocs.Studio2 days ago
Replace WordPress search with AI search: instant site search as visitors type, plus Ask AI answers grounded in your indexed pages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CatCode Smart Search for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:11,660#58,863by CatCode1 month ago
Product search that forgives typos, finds SKUs with or without spaces and dashes and shows live suggestions. No external service.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SearchX for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:8,346#58,892by commercex2 months ago
AI-powered live search for WooCommerce: instant results as you type, typo tolerance, Greeklish, smart filters and search analytics.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
FalcoSearch
#58,953by WPXERO1 month ago
Live AJAX search and a visual product filter builder for WooCommerce and any post type. Fast, SEO-friendly, no jQuery.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dynamic Data Search
#59,792by iflairwebtechnologies10 months ago
Fast and lightweight AJAX-powered search for WordPress with WooCommerce and Gutenberg template support.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Glance Live Search
Up in the last 7 days:743#61,812by woonet2373 months ago
Instant WooCommerce product search that still finds the product when a shopper types the plural. Fast, light, no page reload.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Optimi AI Search
#61,939by optimi20 days ago
Visitors find products, posts, and pages by what they mean: a typo, a description, another language. Free for good. Your own search stays.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
OZY Smart Search
#62,268by Danish Rangaiz1 month ago
Live AJAX search with relevance ranking, custom field indexing, WooCommerce support, and optional AI semantic search.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SD Live Search
#62,658by swapnild8 years ago
SD live seacrh is a basic search plugin for search lively.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WDV Ajax Search
Up in the last 7 days:7,817#63,781by vrpr1 year ago
With this plugin you can create different search forms for different post types and put their shortcode on the corresponding page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day