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Glance Live Search transforms your WooCommerce storeÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’s search experience. The moment a customer starts typing, matching products appear instantly — by name, SKU, or category — without any page reload.
Stop losing sales to a slow, frustrating search. Give shoppers the fast, fluid experience they expect.
Why Glance Live Search?
- Instant results — powered by optimized WC_AJAX queries, results appear in milliseconds
- Finds everything — searches product titles, SKUs, descriptions, excerpts, categories, and tags
- Beautiful by default — design presets + full Custom mode to match any brand
- Smart caching — client-side cache + server-side object cache (Redis / Memcached compatible)
- Mobile-first — full-screen overlay with safe area support for notched phones
- Search history — recent searches saved locally and displayed on focus
- Fully accessible — ARIA combobox, keyboard navigation, WCAG 2.4.3 focus management
- Extensible — 15+ PHP hooks for developers
- Data-driven — analytics dashboard with top keywords and zero-results tracking
- Theme-proof — defensive CSS with dedicated integrations for Shoptimizer, Astra, and Kadence
Free Features
- Instant AJAX live search by title and SKU
- Search in product descriptions and short descriptions (optional)
- Product tag search results
- Up to 5 results per query with “View all results” link
- Search history displayed on focus (configurable, 1–20 items)
- Client-side multi-term cache (5-minute TTL)
- Full-screen mobile overlay with configurable breakpoint
- 2 design presets: Sharp and Clean
- Configurable search delay, minimum characters, and placeholder text
- Search button (icon or text) — inside or outside the bar
- Text button switches to icon automatically on mobile
- Analytics dashboard — top keywords over 7 days
- Shortcode
[glance_search], WordPress widget, Gutenberg block, Elementor widget - Full Site Editing (FSE) block theme support
- 15+ PHP filter hooks for developers
- WC_AJAX endpoint for faster responses
- Object cache with automatic invalidation on product changes
- Dedicated theme integrations (Shoptimizer, Astra, Kadence)
Pro Features
- Up to 50 results per search
- 4 design presets — Sharp, Clean, Pill, and fully Custom
- Full color customization — bar, border, text, placeholder, button
- Category filter in the search bar
- Variation search — find products by attribute values (color, size, etc.)
- Price range and in-stock filters
- Show SKU, rating, and category count in results
- Upsell recommendations below search results
- CTR / click tracking
- Advanced analytics — 7 / 14 / 30 / 90-day views, hourly breakdown, CSV export
- WPML and Polylang multilingual support
- Priority support
Àwọn àwòrán ìbòjú
Search bar with live results dropdown 
Admin settings — Behavior tab 
Admin settings — Search Bar design tab 
Admin settings — Analytics dashboard 
Mobile overlay — full-screen search on small screens 
Àwọn ìdí
Plugin yìí pèsè 1 ìdí.
- Glance Live Search WooCommerce live product search with AJAX — title, SKU and category support.
Ìgbéwọlẹ̀
- Upload the
glance-live-searchfolder to/wp-content/plugins/. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu.
- Make sure WooCommerce is installed and active.
- Go to WooCommerce Glance Search to configure.
- Add the search bar using the
[glance_search]shortcode, the WordPress widget, the Gutenberg block, or the Elementor widget.
Shoptimizer users: go to Customize Header Display the search and select Glance Live Search.
FAQ
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Does this plugin require WooCommerce?
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Yes. Glance Live Search is built exclusively for WooCommerce product catalogs.
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How do I add the search bar to my site?
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Use the
[glance_search]shortcode, the Glance Live Search widget (Appearance Widgets), the Gutenberg block, or the Elementor widget. -
Can I customize the look?
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Yes. Choose a preset (Sharp, Clean, Pill, or Custom in Pro) and adjust colors, borders, radius, and height from the Search Bar settings tab.
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Will it slow down my site?
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No. Assets load only where the search bar is present. CSS and JS are minified in production. Searches are cached via the WordPress object cache and invalidated automatically when products change.
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Does it work with WPML / Polylang?
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Yes. Results are automatically filtered to the active language.
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Is it accessible?
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Yes. Full ARIA combobox pattern, keyboard navigation (Arrow keys, Enter, Escape, Tab), focus trap on mobile, and
prefers-reduced-motionsupport. -
I have both Free and Pro installed — what happens?
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The Pro automatically deactivates the Free. No conflict, no manual action needed.
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Does it work with Shoptimizer / CommerceKit?
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Yes. Dedicated integration with ShoptimizerÌtumọ̀ Yorùbá: ’s Customizer. CommerceKit AJAX Search is automatically disabled when Glance is active.
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Àkọsílẹ̀ àwọn àyípadà
1.4.0
- New: FULLTEXT search support with automatic index detection (large catalog performance boost)
- New: Full Site Editing (FSE) block theme support
- New: object cache (Redis / Memcached) with wp_cache_flush_group invalidation (WP 6.1+)
- New: automatic cache invalidation on product create, update, delete, and stock change
- New: text button switches to icon on mobile
- New: Pro/Free dual-activation guard with automatic deactivation and admin notice
- New: body-offset awareness for dropdown positioning (Elementor, Divi compatibility)
- Improved: minified CSS/JS loaded in production via SCRIPT_DEBUG detection
- Improved: shortcode guarantees asset loading via ensure_assets() in late-rendering contexts
- Improved: FULLTEXT boolean operators escaped from user input
- Improved: search cache stores total_found — no duplicate COUNT query on cache hit
- Improved: CSV export streams in 1000-row chunks (prevents out-of-memory)
- Improved: CSV export includes UTF-8 BOM for Excel Windows
- Improved: max_results server-side cap (1–50)
- Improved: is_product() added to asset detection
- Improved: ARIA attributes on mobile overlay input
- Improved: ArrowUp from no selection selects last result
- Improved: Tab key closes dropdown
- Improved: network error fallback message always shown
- Improved: focus restored on mobile overlay close
- Improved: prefers-reduced-motion covers admin animations
- Improved: unique form IDs for multi-instance outside-button mode
- Improved: hook naming harmonized to slash format with backward-compatible aliases
- Improved: @since docblocks on all public methods
- Improved: defensive CSS protects layout against theme overrides
- Improved: CommerceKit AJAX Search neutralized when Glance is active on Shoptimizer
- Removed: Modal display mode
- Removed: Inline display mode
- Fix: search bar unstyled on homepage — ensure_assets() enqueues in theme header context
- Fix: WC_AJAX requests not loading search engine — $_GET[‘wc-ajax’] detection added
- Fix: Pro/Free simultaneous activation fatal error — GLS_PRO_ACTIVE sentinel constant
- Fix: Free version color and result display options not locked behind Pro gate
1.3.0
- New: client-side multi-term cache (5-minute TTL)
- New: “View all results” link with total product count
- New: search history with localStorage and clear button
- New: full-screen mobile overlay with configurable breakpoint and safe area support
- New: search in descriptions and short descriptions
- New: product tag search results
- New: WC_AJAX endpoints (faster responses)
- New: 10 PHP filter hooks for developers
- New: Gutenberg block and Elementor widget
- Improved: analytics fire only on network requests
- Improved: XSS protection on history items
- Fix: mobile overlay body scroll lock
- Fix: WC_AJAX class existence check
1.2.0
- Added CTR / click tracking and upsell recommendations
- Added design presets: Sharp, Clean, Pill
- Added category search results
- Improved rate limiting and cache key (includes filters + language)
- Added DB migration system
1.1.0
- Added search analytics dashboard
- Added Polylang / WPML language support
- Added price and in-stock filters
1.0.0
- Initial release