When shoppers need to search by details such as color, size, brand or a product number, Advanced Woo Search PRO adds those sources and more to Advanced Woo Search for WooCommerce. It supports live AJAX results as shoppers type, along with the store’s search results page.

Choose which catalog details can match

The search can cover standard product fields such as titles, content, short descriptions, categories, tags, IDs and SKUs. PRO adds product attribute values, including custom attributes; taxonomy terms such as brands; custom field values, including fields created with Advanced Custom Fields (ACF); and unique product numbers such as GTIN, UPC, EAN and ISBN.

Results can include product variations, taxonomy and attribute archive pages, and store users with their data. The search engine orders matches by relevance. Its score can account for where search words appear, how often they occur, full or partial matches, and the priority of the matching source.

Set how the query is interpreted

Choose AND logic to show products containing all the search words, or OR logic to include products matching any of them. An exact search option matches full words instead of partial words. Automatic suggestions can appear based on the current query.

Other search options handle plural and singular word forms, synonyms, stop words and misspellings. Search terms can be highlighted in results, and diacritical marks are supported. These controls help accommodate differences in wording and spelling while keeping query behavior adjustable.

Shape results and search forms

Choose a results layout and the product details to show, such as images, prices, descriptions, SKUs, categories, tags, attributes, ratings and stock status. Set a maximum number of results and choose the picture source, including a featured image, gallery, product content or short description. An Add To Cart button is also available for product results.

PRO includes rules to include or exclude products, archive pages or visitor results. Product visibility and stock status can also determine which items appear. Search form layouts, tabs with separate result options, and multiple independent search instances let stores configure various search experiences for different parts of a site.

Use the built-in shortcodes to display a search form, taxonomy results, search suggestions or similar search terms. A search form can also be placed with a widget or builder, or used to replace existing search forms. Product search results use the store’s current search results page and page layout.

Connect search to the store setup

Advanced Woo Search supports mobile layouts and integrations with multilingual extensions including WPML, Polylang, WooCommerce Multilingual, qTranslate and GTranslate. Supported page builders include Gutenberg, Elementor, Beaver Builder, WPBakery, Breakdance Builder, Bricks Builder, Oxygen Builder, Divi Builder, Avada Builder and Flatsome UX Builder. Google Analytics support can track search queries.

For marketplace stores, PRO includes integrations with WCFM, Dokan and MultiVendorX, as well as other integrations. These can support searches for vendors and their products, vendor store names, and marketplace-specific result filters.

Configure and index products

After installing and activating the add-on on a WooCommerce site, open its settings to choose search sources, result details, layouts, logic and other options. Run the initial index from the settings page before using search. Product data changes are synchronized automatically afterward, so routine updates do not require manually re-indexing all content. Add a search form with the widget, a shortcode such as [aws_search_form], a supported builder or the search-form replacement option, then adjust the results display for the store.