53
YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search
Paying for Pro might leave you searching for actual support.
DecliningPoor rating
53/100
Many users report poor search accuracy and unresponsive support even after upgrading to the premium version.
Active installs
~35,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 30k+
Rating
3.0★
42 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-36%
Declining fast
297 → 189 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 3.00★
- MINORdownloads down 36% vs a year ago
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -36% in the last year
297/day a year ago→189/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayYITH WooCommerce Ajax Search has a poor reputation among recent users, with recurring complaints about limited free-version functionality, poor search accuracy, and unresponsive support even on paid plans.
What people like
- +Basic search functionality works for some users, particularly on the premium version×2
- +Described as having a good-looking UI and a broad range of addons in the YITH ecosystem
Common complaints
- −Support is unresponsive or completely absent, even for paying pro-version customers×4
- −Free version is severely restricted — only works via widget or shortcode, not as a theme search bar replacement×3
- −Products are removed from search results after being updated, requiring manual re-indexing of the catalog each time×2
- −Cannot search custom fields (e.g. ACF), even in the pro version, despite free alternatives offering this×2
- −Limited styling/customization options — background color, borders, icons, and search box design cannot be changed even with CSS×2
- −Search accuracy is unreliable — partial title search, special characters (commas, apostrophes, colons) in titles, and SKU search do not work correctly×3
- −Plugin leaves behind large amounts of database data (reported as 14,000+ rows) after deletion
- −Pro version pricing is considered extremely high relative to the functionality delivered
- −Free version is deliberately feature-limited to push users toward paid upgrades×2
- −Translation support is incomplete — strings are missing from the .pot file and some are loaded from external sources making them uneditable
- −Widget/search bar styling does not inherit the active theme's styles, requiring custom CSS workarounds×2
Review trustReviews look organic
- 3.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 3.00★
- 2%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 42 total
Latest reviews · 42 analyzed
- 2026-03-01★★★★★Does Not Work for SKUMilo Kavazaki
- 2025-07-29★★★★★Poor design – doesn't workdomagron
- 2024-11-05★★★★★No support for PRO versionemva666
- 2024-10-11★★★★★Stay away from thishjit
- 2023-10-04★★★★★works. Bad Design integrationmailchef
- 2021-07-19★★★★★Not Good At allSia
- 2021-04-20★★★★★Does Not Work for SKUyanabg
- 2020-05-19★★★★★Scamsmith331-shot
- 2019-07-16★★★★★search perfectlybenoitfouc
- 2019-07-02★★★★★Cannot search on custom fieldsjeroensalo
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search
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the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
203
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
181
Prior 7-day baseline
191
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
2,679
Mean release-day peak (30d)
203
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+12.2%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
20%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.37
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
38%
5★ share in analyzed sample
2%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
2.95 → 3.00★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered