5 Best WordPress Live Search Plugins Compared - 2026

Super Product Filter is a WooCommerce plugin that adds real-time filtering and search to product listings. As customers type in the search field or adjust filters, results update instantly without page reloads.

The plugin offers a range of filter types beyond just text search:

• Price range sliders
• Attribute filters (color, size, material)
• Brand filters
• Category filters

This makes it a strong option for WooCommerce stores with large product catalogs where customers need to narrow down by multiple criteria at once. The live-search aspect means a customer can start typing a product name and see results appear immediately, similar to how search works on large retail sites.

If you are running a non-WooCommerce WordPress site, Super Product Filter is not the right choice. The remaining plugins on this list cover general WordPress content search and are not tied to WooCommerce.

SearchWP Live Ajax Search is a widely used plugin that adds AJAX-powered live search to WordPress search forms. As someone types in the search box, matching results appear below the field without requiring a page load.

The plugin is built to integrate with SearchWP, a more powerful search engine replacement for WordPress’s default search, but it also works with standard WordPress search. Developers will find it highly configurable: almost every aspect of the results display can be customized.

Key features:

• Results appear instantly as the user types
• Works without modifying your WordPress theme
• Uses a template loader so results display consistently
• Compatible with SearchWP for deeper index control

If you want full control over search behavior and your site has a developer maintaining it, SearchWP Live Ajax Search is one of the most capable options on this list.

With the next of our WordPress live search plugins your customers will be able to search for products quickly and easily. The results of the search will be shown instantly as your user is typing in the input box. You can also show this WooCommerce search form anywhere on your page. All your users have to do is start typing in the input box to look for a product and all of the similar search results will start showing up as they type.

The suggestions from the search results can be shown in a simple form (like only name of the products) or it can be in the extended form, which would show things like pictures, descriptions, prices extended info, etc. This plugin can work with the WPML WordPress plugin to help you if you need to translate your site into a different language.

More Features of AJAX Search for WooCommerce Are:

• SKU can be shown for each suggestion
• Price can be shown for each suggestion
• WP Tao integration
• Categories and tags as suggestions

And we have come to number five of our WordPress Live Search Plugins list with the WooCommerce Predictive Search plugin. The WooCommerce Predictive Search will give your users instant and changing results, as they type their searches, in the dropdown which will show the product thumbnail, product title and a description of the product.

Users can also the “click through from the dropdown to the All Results Search Page that features endless scroll”. There is also a  WooCommerce Predictive Search widget that will let you do various things such as: choosing which objects should be included in the search, option to show or not show prices, set a placeholder text that shows in the search box on front end, and more.

More Features of the WooCommerce Predictive Search Are:

• Click through to see all search results on a designated page
• Search by product name, post name or page name
• Super fast results even on a large site