{"id":345018,"date":"2026-07-26T04:07:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T04:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/raintech-product-search-bar-for-woocommerce\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T03:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T03:52:14","slug":"raintech-product-search-bar-for-woocommerce","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/pl.wordpress.org\/plugins\/raintech-product-search-bar-for-woocommerce\/","author":23301688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.0.1","stable_tag":"trunk","tested":"7.0.5","requires":"5.8","requires_php":"7.4","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"Raintech Product Search Bar for WooCommerce","header_author":"raintech357","header_description":"An AJAX-powered live product search bar for WooCommerce with image, price, and stock preview.","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2026-07-26 03:52:14","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"","header_plugin_uri":"","header_author_uri":"","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":0,"downloads":133,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":[],"upgrade_notice":{"1.0.0":"<p>Initial release.<\/p>"},"ratings":[],"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":[],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":{"1":"Live search dropdown showing product image, price, and stock status.","2":"Widget settings panel in Appearance \u2192 Widgets."}},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[2109,5185,5183,42200,286],"plugin_category":[45],"plugin_contributors":[254129],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-345018","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-ajax-search","plugin_tags-live-search","plugin_tags-product-search","plugin_tags-search-bar","plugin_tags-woocommerce","plugin_category-ecommerce","plugin_contributors-raintech357","plugin_committers-raintech357"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/raintech-product-search-bar-for-woocommerce.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<p>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 \u2014 no page reload required.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Live AJAX search with debounced input (reduces server load)<\/li>\n<li>Displays product image, title, price, and stock status in results<\/li>\n<li>Simple shortcode: <code>[raintech_search_bar]<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Built-in WordPress widget for sidebars and widget areas<\/li>\n<li>Configurable placeholder text and result limit<\/li>\n<li>Nonce-protected AJAX requests for security<\/li>\n<li>Clean, responsive dropdown UI<\/li>\n<li>Lightweight \u2014 no external libraries beyond jQuery (already bundled with WordPress)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Shortcode usage:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<pre><code>[raintech_search_bar placeholder=\"Search our store...\" limit=\"10\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<ul>\n<li><code>placeholder<\/code> \u2014 text shown inside the empty search box (default: \"Search products...\")<\/li>\n<li><code>limit<\/code> \u2014 maximum number of results shown in the dropdown (default: 8)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Widget usage:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Go to Appearance \u2192 Widgets and add the \"Raintech Product Search\" widget to any widget area. 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