Title: Shop Search for WooCommerce Author: Forge12 Interactive GmbH Published: October 24, 2026 Last modified: October 24, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/f12-shop-search/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3763067) ![](https://ps.w.org/f12-shop-search/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3763031) # Shop Search for WooCommerce By [Forge12 Interactive GmbH](https://profiles.wordpress.org/forge12/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/f12-shop-search.1.48.1.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/f12-shop-search/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/f12-shop-search/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/f12-shop-search/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/f12-shop-search/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/f12-shop-search/) ## Description The built-in WordPress search finds a title when it is typed exactly as written. It does not find the SKU, the category, or the word with a typo. Shop Search for WooCommerce turns it into a shop search that understands what your customers mean– and shows you what they did not find. Everything runs in your own WordPress database. The plugin contacts no external service. **At a glance** * Live suggestions with image, price and stock status – from two characters on * Finds SKUs, categories and tags, ranked by relevance * “Did you mean …?” checked against the real number of results * Results page with tabs per section, sorting and an empty state that helps * Search log with the searches that found nothing – your shopping list of missing products and words * Blocks, Elementor widgets, shortcodes and filter hooks * No cloud, no tracking, no external requests Need synonyms, automatic typo correction, filters or rules per search term? They are part of the separate plugin [F12 Shop Search Pro](https://www.forge12.com/en/shop/woocommerce-product-search/?utm_source=wporg-free&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=top)– see “Free and Pro” below. **As you type** * **Suggestion list** from two characters on: word completions and the matching products with image, price, “Sale” and “Out of stock”, plus the SKU when it was what matched. * **Popular products** on the first click into an empty search field (optional). * Width, corner radius and colors of the list are adjustable, with a live preview. * Cached and rate-limited, so a script hammering the endpoint does not slow down your shop. **What is found** * **SKUs**, including those of variations – the product is found. * **Categories and tags** as search text; matching categories as cards above the results. * **Relevance:** a full title match ranks before an SKU, before a category, before body text. * **“Did you mean …?”** for typos, checked against the actual number of results– no guessing. **On the results page** * **Tabs per section** (All · Products · Posts · Pages …) with result counts; “ All” as a grouped overview. Sections combine any content types. * **Sorting**, unit price, pack sizes and badges on the product card. * **Empty state** with tips and categories instead of a dead end. * The plugin’s own results page, your theme’s, or a page you design yourself, with any theme – tested with Twenty Twenty-Five and Twenty Twenty-One. **Insights** * **Search log** in your own database: frequent searches and searches without results for the last 7, 30 or 90 days – the list that tells you which products or words your shop is missing. **Fits in** * **Blocks** for the block editor, **Elementor widgets** and shortcodes. * Every setting is also available as a **filter hook** – for developers. A filter always wins over the setting; the hook name is shown next to each field. **Free and Pro** This plugin is complete on its own. For shops with a large range, many spellings of the same product, or a team that tunes the search every week, [F12 Shop Search Pro](https://www.forge12.com/en/shop/woocommerce-product-search/?utm_source=wporg-free&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=comparison) is a separate plugin from Forge12 that adds: * **Synonyms with a visual editor** – connect terms, categories and products with a line, so “wholemeal” finds the “whole grain flour”. Simulate the search first; get suggestions from real searches. * **Typos corrected automatically** – “Dinkl” shows the results for “Dinkel” right away, with a way back to the typed word. * **Word forms and compound words** – “pans” finds “pan”, “wholegrainflour” finds“ whole-grain flour”; only words from your own range, nothing guessed. * **Filters on the results page** – category, price (steps or slider), availability and any WooCommerce attribute, with the number of results at every value; without reloading the page, as a panel on phones. * **Rules per search term** – pin a product to the top, hide results, or send a search straight to a page. * **Custom fields** (also ACF) searched along. * **Click rate per term** and “searched but rarely clicked”, with a button that creates the rule right there. * **Search templates** – carry the look of field, suggestion list, results page and filters over to the next site. * **Avada** Post Cards, icon sets and the search field in the header; **WPML** and **Polylang**. * **Fast path** for suggestions, delivered without loading plugins and theme. [See the comparison and Pro on forge12.com](https://www.forge12.com/en/shop/woocommerce-product-search/?utm_source=wporg-free&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=more) ### Source code and third-party software The settings screen is a React application. Its readable source code is in the src/ folder of the plugin; `build/index.js` is generated from it. To rebuild: npm install && npm run build (Node.js 18 or later; the help chapters in hilfe/ are turned into `src/hilfe/inhalt.generated.js` by tools/hilfe-bauen.mjs). Bundled with the plugin: * Inter variable font (`build/fonts/`) – SIL Open Font License 1.1, https://openfontlicense. org * lucide-react icons – ISC license * react-router – MIT license * WordPress packages (`@wordpress/components`, `element`, `i18n`, `api-fetch`) – GPL-2.0-or-later The plugin’s own code is licensed under GPL-2.0-or-later. ## Screenshots [⌊The suggestion list as you type – completions and products with image and price.⌉⌊ The suggestion list as you type – completions and products with image and price.⌉[ The suggestion list as you type – completions and products with image and price. [⌊The results page with tabs per section, category cards and sorting.⌉⌊The results page with tabs per section, category cards and sorting.⌉[ The results page with tabs per section, category cards and sorting. [⌊Overview: what the search did in the last days and what would help now.⌉⌊Overview: what the search did in the last days and what would help now.⌉[ Overview: what the search did in the last days and what would help now. [⌊Insights: frequent searches and searches without results.⌉⌊Insights: frequent searches and searches without results.⌉[ Insights: frequent searches and searches without results. [⌊Settings for the suggestion list, with live preview.⌉⌊Settings for the suggestion list, with live preview.⌉[ Settings for the suggestion list, with live preview. [⌊Type a SKU – the suggestion list finds the product by its article number.⌉⌊Type a SKU – the suggestion list finds the product by its article number.⌉[ Type a SKU – the suggestion list finds the product by its article number. [⌊A typo: “Did you mean …?” points to the word that has results.⌉⌊A typo: “Did you mean …?” points to the word that has results.⌉[ A typo: “Did you mean …?” points to the word that has results. [⌊“All” as a grouped overview with matching categories and a section for every content type.⌉⌊“All” as a grouped overview with matching categories and a section for every content type.⌉[ “All” as a grouped overview with matching categories and a section for every content type. ## Blocks This plugin provides 2 blocks. * Search field (F12) * Search results (F12) ## Installation 1. Install the plugin from the plugin directory (or upload the ZIP) and activate it. 2. Under **Search Results page**, choose who renders the results page: the plugin template, your theme, or a page you design yourself. 3. Optional: define sections under **Search Sections**, and check the suggestion list under **Search Suggestion list**. Help for every page is built in under **Search Help**. ## FAQ ### Does it need WooCommerce? No. Without WooCommerce, prices, unit prices and product badges simply do not appear; searching posts and pages works as before. ### Does it send data anywhere? No. Search, suggestions and insights run in your WordPress database. The plugin makes no requests to external servers, and the admin pages load no external fonts or scripts. The links to forge12.com (support, feedback) are plain links. ### What is the difference between this plugin and Pro? Everything listed above works in this plugin without limits, forever. F12 Shop Search Pro is a separate plugin with additional functions: synonyms, automatic typo correction, word forms, filters on the results page, rules per search term, custom fields, click rates, search templates and the Avada, WPML and Polylang integrations. Details on [forge12.com](https://www.forge12.com/en/shop/woocommerce-product-search/?utm_source=wporg-free&utm_medium=readme&utm_campaign=faq). ### What does the search log store? The search term, the section, filter and sort order, the number of results, the device type (desktop, tablet, phone) and the time – no IP address, no user ID, no cookies. Searches by administrators and by bots are not logged. The log is **off after activation**: nothing is stored until you turn it on under **Search Insights**. Once on, it keeps entries for 90 days by default. The plugin suggests a paragraph for your privacy policy under Settings Privacy. ### What is “Report search terms to analytics”? If your site already runs Matomo, the plugin can pass each site search (term, section, number of results) to Matomo’s site-search report, in the visitor’s browser. It is **off by default**: nothing is passed on until you turn it on under **Search Insights**. It adds no tracking of its own; without a Matomo snippet on your site nothing is sent either way. ### Can I adapt the results template? Yes: a file `f12shopsearch/search.php` in your (child) theme replaces it, or use the filter `f12shopsearch/results_page/template`. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Shop Search for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Forge12 Interactive GmbH ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/forge12/) [Translate “Shop Search for WooCommerce” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/f12-shop-search) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/f12-shop-search/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/f12-shop-search/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/f12-shop-search/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/f12-shop-search/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.48.1 * The plugin is now called “Shop Search for WooCommerce”. The readme shows what the separate Pro plugin adds. #### 1.48.0 * Products with a “not sold individually” notice are now listed after all other results and suggestions, in every sort order. #### 1.47.0 * Internal changes only; no new features in this version. #### 1.46.1 * Internal changes only; no new features in this version. #### 1.46.0 * Internal changes only; no new features in this version. #### 1.45.0 * Internal changes only; no new features in this version. #### 1.44.0 * First release in the WordPress plugin directory. ## Meta * Version **1.48.1** * Last updated **1 day ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.3** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [autocomplete](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/autocomplete/)[live search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/live-search/) [product search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/product-search/)[search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/) [woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/f12-shop-search/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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