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Best Free WordPress Plugins for Ajax / Live Updates

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · AJAX / Live Updates

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for ajax / live updates comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Ivory Search Best overall 91/100
  2. 2. FiboSearch 90/100
  3. 3. Advanced Woo Search 88/100
  4. 4. Ajax Search Lite 88/100
  5. 5. Advanced AJAX Product Filters 87/100
  6. 6. SearchWP Live Ajax Search 87/100
  7. 7. Ajax Load More 87/100
  8. 8. Load More Products for WooCommerce 87/100
  9. 9. zipaddr-jp 86/100
  10. 10. YMC Filter 86/100
  11. 11. Category AJAX Filter 85/100
  12. 12. Ajax add to cart for WooCommerce 84/100
  13. 13. Advance Product Search- Voice & Ajax Search for WooCommerce 84/100
  14. 14. Search in Place 84/100
  15. 15. WPC AJAX Add to Cart for WooCommerce 83/100
1 Ivory Search
Best overall Free by Vinod Dalvi

Ivory Search

Advanced WordPress custom search plugin. Provides Search Form Customizer, WooCommerce Search, AJAX Search & Live Search support!

4.9★
from 1,560 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
91

WPScore

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2 FiboSearch
Free by Damian Góra

FiboSearch

The most popular WooCommerce product search plugin. Gives your users a well-designed advanced AJAX search bar with live search suggestions.

4.9★
from 1,814 ratings
100k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
90

WPScore

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3 Advanced Woo Search
Free by ILLID

Advanced Woo Search

Advanced WooCommerce product search plugin. Search inside any product field. Support for both AJAX search and search results page.

4.8★
from 248 ratings
70k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
88

WPScore

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4 Ajax Search Lite
Free by wpdreams

Ajax Search Lite

The Best Ajax Live Search and Filter for WordPress. Live suggestions, Custom Post types, Custom fields, Categories, WooCommerce & Elementor support

4.8★
from 264 ratings
70k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
88

WPScore

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5 Advanced AJAX Product Filters
Free by BeRocket

Advanced AJAX Product Filters

Fast and flexible AJAX product filters for WooCommerce. Filter by categories, attributes, price, tags, rating, and more. No page reloads.

4.7★
from 387 ratings
50k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
87

WPScore

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7 Ajax Load More
Free by Darren Cooney

Ajax Load More

Add infinite scroll, lazy loading, and load more buttons to posts, pages, and WooCommerce products — fast and fully customizable for WordPress.

4.8★
from 287 ratings
30k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
87

WPScore

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9 zipaddr-jp
Free by ta_terunuma

zipaddr-jp

zipaddr-jp is a collaborative tool that automatically inputs addresses from postal codes.

5★
from 6 ratings
50k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
86

WPScore

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10 YMC Filter
Free by YMC

YMC Filter

A powerful and flexible plugin to filter and display posts, custom post types, and other content in beautifully designed grid layouts.

4.8★
from 32 ratings
4k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
86

WPScore

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11 Category AJAX Filter
Free by Trusty Plugins

Category AJAX Filter

AJAX filter & WooCommerce product filter. Instantly filter posts, custom post types & products by category, taxonomy, attributes, price + Elementor.

4.9★
from 153 ratings
6k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
85

WPScore

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14 Search in Place
Free by codepeople

Search in Place

Search in Place improves blog search by displaying query results in real time. It displays the results dynamically as you enter the search criteria.

4.9★
from 64 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
84

WPScore

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