December 29, 2023

Search Attributes for WooCommerce Plugin

This plugin allows you to extend wordpress search feature by searching into Woocommerce product attributes.

Search Attributes for WooCommerce is a WordPress Plugin that enables Product search form to look into Product Attribute Names.
E.g. as show in plugin screenshots, you can search products using color name.
Another useful example is, you can search products using Brand name if you have Brands assigned as attributes.

To use this plugin, please make sure that Woocommerce is installed and Activated.

Important Notes

The plugin may not effect in case you are using some other product search related plugin for woocommerce.
Choose your attributes carefully, because the more attributes you choose, the more it will effect on the search speed.

Contribute

If you want to fix a bug in the plugin or add new features, feel free to fork this github repo and follow the CONTRIBUTING.md file in the github repo for guidelines.

Installation

Go to your admin area and select Plugins -> Add new from the menu.
Search for “Search Attributes for WooCommerce”.
Click install.
Click activate. If woocommrce is not installed or activated then this plugin will also not activate.

Screenshots

Search result for color "red" before activating plugin
Enable plugin for "Color" attribute
Search result for color "red" after activating plugin

FAQ

How do I use this plugin?

Go to WordPress “Admin > Woocommerce > Search Attributes for WooCommerce”.
Select the attributes you want the search form to look into, select status to “Enable” and click “Save Changes”.

Can I undo the changes I have made after deactivating or deleting the plugin?

Yes. if you disable or delete the plugin, the changes you made will be undone. Also if you change the Status in plugin settings to “Disabled”, it will not search for attributes.

Changelog

Version 1.3.4

Make plugin compatible with HPOS ( High-Performance Order Storage )
tested with wordpress version 6.4.0
tested with woocommerce version 8.4.0

Version 1.3.3

tested with wordpress version 6.1.1
tested with woocommerce version 7.2.0

Version 1.3.2

tested with wordpress version 5.9.3
tested with woocommerce version 6.4.1
added notes for developers for contributing to plugin

Version 1.3.0

added global translation support

Version 1.2.0

Secutiry fixes
Refactoring of the code
Updated the code to follow WPVIP coding standards

Version 1.0.0

Initial release.