Title: Searchips Search By Image for WooCommerce Author: micromax Published: June 19, 2026 Last modified: June 19, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/searchips-search-by-image-for-woocommerce/assets/banner-772x250. png?rev=3578597) ![](https://ps.w.org/searchips-search-by-image-for-woocommerce/assets/icon-256x256. png?rev=3578597) # Searchips Search By Image for WooCommerce By [micromax](https://profiles.wordpress.org/micromax2/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/searchips-search-by-image-for-woocommerce.1.1.5.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/searchips-search-by-image-for-woocommerce/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/searchips-search-by-image-for-woocommerce/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/searchips-search-by-image-for-woocommerce/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/searchips-search-by-image-for-woocommerce/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/searchips-search-by-image-for-woocommerce/) ## Description Searchips Search By Image for WooCommerce is a visual search tool that allows customers to search for visually similar products by uploading or taking photos directly on your shop pages. The plugin offers two search strategies: 1. Multimodal Vector Embeddings: Matches visual features using advanced machine learning models via OpenRouter. 2. Vision- to-Text Description Search: Analyzes images to generate descriptive keyword search queries using a vision language model. ### External Services This plugin connects to the OpenRouter API to perform image-based searches and catalog indexing using artificial intelligence models. * What the service is and what it is used for: OpenRouter (https://openrouter.ai) is an external API service used to generate vector embeddings (for visual similarity search) or image descriptions (for vision-to-text search) from product and query images. * What data is sent and when: Base64-encoded image data and request parameters are sent to OpenRouter’s servers when a store administrator manually runs the product indexer or when products are updated (if auto-indexing is triggered), and when a customer uploads or captures an image to perform a visual search on the frontend. * Terms of service and privacy policy: This service is provided by OpenRouter. You can read their Terms of Service at https://openrouter.ai/terms and their Privacy Policy at https://openrouter.ai/privacy. ### Features * **Search Strategies**: Toggle between Vector Embeddings (visual similarity) and Vision-to-Text (semantic descriptions) searches. * **Camera Search Trigger**: Automatically enqueued inside theme search forms or loaded via shortcode `[tsbifw_search_bar]`. * **Sleek Frontend UI**: Drag-and-drop modal uploader featuring real-time scanning animations. * **Client-Side Image Cropping**: Let users crop images before searching. * **Asynchronous Indexing**: Real-time batch processing indexer with Pause/Stop controls. * **Custom Thresholds**: Configure similarity percentage requirements to control search strictness. * **Log Viewer**: View database logs for API requests, settings changes, and queries. * **Database Logging & Retention**: Automated cleanups of diagnostic logs. * **Automatic Re-indexing**: Triggers background re-indexing when featured or gallery images change. ### How-To and Setup #### 1. Setting Up the API Connection Go to WooCommerce -> Search by Image. Paste your OpenRouter API Key in the field. You can use the visibility toggle to confirm the key is input correctly without trailing spaces. #### 2. Running the Product Indexer Navigate to the “Product Indexer” tab. Choose whether to index featured images, gallery images, or both. Click “Start Indexing”. You can pause or stop the process at any time. #### 3. Adding the Search Bar via Shortcode Insert the shortcode `[tsbifw_search_bar]` in any post, page, or widget template to display the camera trigger search bar. #### 4. Customizing Trigger Styles Use the “Styling” settings tab to configure position properties, size, and background colors using the WordPress color picker UI. ### Help and Support * **API Authentication Issues**: Ensure your API key is correct and active on OpenRouter. * **Skipped Products**: Products with missing or zero-byte image files are skipped to avoid database error loops. * **Cron Indexing**: Enable background cron indexing to process product updates automatically in the background. ## Screenshots [[ [[ [[ [[ [[ ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/searchips-search-by-image-for- woocommerce` directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress. 3. Configure your settings under WooCommerce -> Search by Image. 4. Run the Product Indexer to process product images. ## FAQ ### Do I need an OpenRouter account? Yes, a valid OpenRouter API key is required to connect to embedding and description models. ### Which search strategy should I choose? * Multimodal Vector Embeddings (Strategy 1) offers advanced visual feature matching by measuring the similarity of the product image vectors directly. * Vision-to-Text Description Search (Strategy 2) converts uploaded images to keyword descriptions and searches your store database using regular text search. ### Are empty or zero-byte images processed? No, the indexer automatically skips empty or missing image files to prevent API error cycles. ### How do I trigger indexing automatically? Ensure that “Background Cron Indexing” is enabled in your General Settings, or simply update a product’s featured/gallery image to automatically queue it for re-indexing. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Searchips Search By Image for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ micromax ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/micromax2/) [Translate “Searchips Search By Image for WooCommerce” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/searchips-search-by-image-for-woocommerce) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/searchips-search-by-image-for-woocommerce/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/searchips-search-by-image-for-woocommerce/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/searchips-search-by-image-for-woocommerce/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/searchips-search-by-image-for-woocommerce/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.1.5 * Fixed frontend REST API “Forbidden: invalid security token” authorization issue for logged-in users. #### 1.1.4 * Adjusted crop selection area to cover exactly 90% of the loaded image instead of 90% of the canvas. #### 1.1.3 * Upgraded Cropper.js library to the latest stable v2.1.1 Web Component release. * Added detailed privacy and terms of service documentation for OpenRouter. * Fixed settings page sanitization callback for logging and indexing checkboxes. * Implemented strict permission_callback checks for the frontend search REST endpoint. #### 1.1.2 * Hardened input settings sanitization using custom CSS layout, color, and size callbacks. * Authenticated the REST API sandbox search route using nonces and capability checks. * Removed obsolete/unused frontend variables and dead callback functions to unbloat code. * Enhanced query performance using WordPress object caching memory wrappers. * Hardened uninstall database cleanup by ensuring all option keys and transients are deleted. #### 1.1.1 * Added a search cache expiry setting to database transients. * Added frontend similarity percentage badges on default archive pages. * Enhanced the frontend search popup uploader with modern UI effects. #### 1.1.0 * Suppressed standard SQL keyword clauses when image search tokens are active to prevent search conflicts. #### 1.0.9 * Configured visual search results to load using theme default archive page layouts. #### 1.0.8 * Added API key show/hide password toggle to prevent key corruption. #### 1.0.7 * Added styling option to configure the camera search trigger icon size. #### 1.0.6 * Separated styling and general options to resolve validation errors. #### 1.0.5 * Implemented standard WordPress wp-color-picker component. #### 1.0.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **1.1.5** * Last updated **10 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.0** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [image search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/image-search/)[search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search/) [vector search](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/vector-search/)[woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/searchips-search-by-image-for-woocommerce/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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