Description
Raintech Product Search Bar for WooCommerce adds a live AJAX-powered search box to your store. As customers type, matching products appear instantly in a dropdown, showing the product image, title, price, and stock status — no page reload required.
Features:
- Live AJAX search with debounced input (reduces server load)
- Displays product image, title, price, and stock status in results
- Simple shortcode:
[raintech_search_bar] - Built-in WordPress widget for sidebars and widget areas
- Configurable placeholder text and result limit
- Nonce-protected AJAX requests for security
- Clean, responsive dropdown UI
- Lightweight — no external libraries beyond jQuery (already bundled with WordPress)
Shortcode usage:
[raintech_search_bar placeholder="Search our store..." limit="10"]
placeholder— text shown inside the empty search box (default: “Search products…”)limit— maximum number of results shown in the dropdown (default: 8)
Widget usage:
Go to Appearance Widgets and add the “Raintech Product Search” widget to any widget area. You can set a widget title and placeholder text.
Installation
- Upload the
raintech-product-search-bar-for-woocommerce-bar-for-woocommercefolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory, or install the zip via Plugins Add New Upload Plugin. - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
- Make sure WooCommerce is installed and activated.
- Add the shortcode
[raintech_search_bar]to any page, post, or widget area, or add the “Raintech Product Search” widget via Appearance Widgets.
FAQ
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Does this require WooCommerce?
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Yes, WooCommerce must be installed and active for this plugin to function, since it searches WooCommerce products.
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Can I change how many results appear?
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Yes, use the
limitattribute in the shortcode, e.g.[raintech_search_bar limit="5"]. -
Does it search product descriptions too?
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By default it searches product titles and content using WordPress’s native search (
sparameter in WP_Query), which covers title and post content. -
Is it mobile-friendly?
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Yes, the search box and dropdown are responsive and work on mobile devices.
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Contributors & Developers
“Raintech Product Search Bar for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- Initial release.
- AJAX live search with image, price, and stock preview.
- Shortcode and widget support.