The store
Search the way a shopper would. Type your own search, or try one of these:
Press Ask in the corner of the store to open the shopping assistant.
Open the storeWooCommerce search plugin
Product search that understands plain language
A shopper types “red dress under $50”. Plainseek shows red dresses under $50, not every product with the word “under”. It forgives typos, knows your synonyms, and shows you what shoppers search for.
- Works without an API key
- Optional AI with your own key
- WooCommerce 10 or newer
- PHP 8.1 or newer
How it reads a search
Type it the way you would say it
Plainseek reads the search before it runs it. Words that match your prices, colors, sizes, materials, and brands become filters. Shoppers see each filter as a chip they can remove. Pick a search below. The results are from the live demo.
red dress under $50
- redColor filterRed
- under $50Price filterUnder $50
- dressSearched as words, in names, categories, tags, and descriptions. Found in Dresses.
4 products found
Search it in the demo
Red Long Sleeve Shirt Dress
$55.00$44.00
Red Tiered Maxi Dress
$79.00$49.00
Red Belted Summer Dress
$39.00
cheapest wool beanie
- cheapestSort filterLowest price first
- woolMaterial filterWool
- beanieSearched as words, in names, categories, tags, and descriptions. Found in Hats.
3 products found
Search it in the demo
Oat Ribbed Beanie
$22.00
Mustard Fisherman Beanie
$24.00
Yellow Pom Pom Beanie
$25.00
leather backpack between 50 and 150
- leatherMaterial filterLeather
- between 50 and 150Price filter$50 to $150
- backpackSearched as words, in names, categories, tags, and descriptions. Found in Backpacks.
2 products found
Search it in the demo
Black Flap Leather Backpack
$139.00
Tan Leather Satchel Backpack
$149.00
white sneakers in stock
- whiteColor filterWhite
- in stockStock filterIn stock
- sneakersSearched as words, in names, categories, tags, and descriptions. Found in Sneakers.
3 products found
Search it in the demo
Minimal White Canvas Sneakers
$45.00
White Leather Low-Top Sneakers
$79.00
Suede Trim Court Sneakers
$85.00
weding dersses
- weding derssesTypos fixed. The shopper sees “Showing results for wedding dress”.
6 products found
Search it in the demo
Lace Bodice Wedding Dress
$289.00
Tulle Garden Wedding Gown
$349.00
White Lace Maxi Dress
$119.00
couch
- couchThe products say “sofa”. A synonym in Plainseek also searches “sofa” and “settee”.
16 products found
Search it in the demo
Cognac Leather Sofa
$1,290.00
Gray Three Seater Sofa
$749.00
Burnt Orange Sofa
$899.00
Plainseek turns a word into a filter only when your store has that value. In a store with no red products, “red” is searched as a word.
Live demo
Try it on a real store
The demo is a WooCommerce store with 220 products and the Storefront theme. Plainseek runs there as you download it. Search like a shopper, then open the admin to see what the store owner sees.
The admin
See the settings, the analytics, and the synonyms. You can try every setting, but changes are not saved. One click signs you in.
- Username
demo- Password
demo
Or sign in yourself at plainseek-demo.jawad.work/wp-login.php
The AI in the demo is scripted. The demo has no API key, so the assistant's replies come from a short script. Plainseek's own work is real: it finds the products and reads the store pages. With your own key, an AI model writes each answer.
It resets every night at 04:00 UTC, so the demo is always clean.
Checkout is turned off. It is a demo store, and nothing is for sale.
Search
A smarter search, with no API key
Plainseek keeps its own search index in your WordPress database. The search runs on your server. It costs nothing to run, and it sends no data to anyone.
Prices
“under $50”, “between 20 and 60”, “around $100”, and “$30+” become price filters.
Your own attributes
Colors, sizes, materials, brands, and any other attribute in your store. Only values your products use.
Sort and stock words
“cheapest”, “newest”, “best selling”, “top rated”, “in stock”, and “on sale”.
Typo tolerance
“weding dersses” finds wedding dresses. Longer words allow more typos.
Singular and plural
“dresses” finds “dress”, and “dress” finds “dresses”. For stores in English.
Synonyms
Two-way, like “sofa, couch”, and one-way, like “tv” also finds “television”. Import and export them as CSV.
Results as you type
Photos, prices, sale badges, and categories. The dropdown works with the keyboard and with screen readers.
No dead ends
When a filter matches nothing, Plainseek says so and shows the closest products, not an empty page.
Ranking you control
Choose how much the name, SKU, categories, attributes, and description count. Lift best sellers and push out-of-stock products down.
Typos are fixed, and shoppers see it
Plainseek compares an unknown word with the words in your catalog and picks the closest one. The panel says “Showing results for wedding dress”, so the shopper knows what happened.
Search analytics
See what shoppers look for
Every search is saved in your own database. You learn what shoppers want, and what your store is missing.
Top searches
What shoppers search for most, how many products each search found, and how often shoppers clicked one.
Searches with no results
Each one is a shopper who did not find anything. Now you can see them.
Synonym suggestions
A shopper searches “trainers”, finds nothing, then searches “sneakers”. Plainseek suggests the synonym, and one click adds it.
No personal data
No IP addresses and no user accounts are stored. Export any report as CSV.
Optional AI
Turn on AI with your own key
AI features are off until you turn them on. You connect your own account with an AI provider and pay the provider directly. Plainseek does not include or resell any AI service.
Search by meaning
“something for a beach wedding” finds sundresses and sandals. Plainseek blends meaning with the exact words, and you choose the balance.
Long questions become searches
A question like “I need a warm jacket for rainy walks” becomes a short product search. The results of the shopper’s own words are kept too.
Shopping assistant
Answers questions about products, shipping, returns, and payment, from store pages you pick. It shows real product cards with an Add to cart button.
Works with the provider you choose
- OpenAI
- Google Gemini
- Anthropic Claude
- Mistral
- Cohere
- Voyage AI
- DeepSeek
- xAI
- Groq
- OpenRouter
- Together AI
- Azure OpenAI
- Ollama
- Any OpenAI-compatible API
Search by meaning and the chat model are two settings, so you can use one provider for each. With Ollama, the model runs on your own server.
You stay in control
- Before AI turns on, a screen shows what is sent to the provider, and when.
- Limits per visitor and per day. When a limit is reached, search keeps working with keywords.
- AI search results are cached for 30 days, and a product is sent again only when its text changes.
- API keys are stored encrypted. The assistant can only show products from your store, so it cannot invent a product or a price.
The live demo has no API key, so its assistant uses a short script in place of the AI model. Search by meaning is off there.
The admin
Clear settings, inside WordPress
Plainseek has its own screens in the WordPress admin, made with the standard WordPress components. Every setting says what it does. The defaults work, so most stores change nothing.
Setup steps, the index, this week’s numbers, and a search box to try your own store.
What Plainseek understands, how much typo tolerance to allow, how products rank, and where the search bar appears.
An accent color, the corner radius, the size, and the placeholder, with a live preview on your own products.
Where the assistant appears, which store pages it reads, its name, greeting, and suggested questions.
Setup
Works with the store you already have
Install it, and your store’s search uses Plainseek. It works with block themes and classic themes.
Where the search bar appears
Your theme’s search, replaced
Plainseek takes over the theme’s search form, the Search block, and the WooCommerce product search. Activate it, and you are done.
A block
The Plainseek Search block, for the block editor and the Site Editor.
A shortcode
[plainseek] anywhere, with options for the size, the placeholder, and the button.
An Elementor widget
The Plainseek Search widget, for pages built with Elementor.
Your colors
Pick the accent color, the corner radius, and the size. The text color on the accent is picked for good contrast.
Built for real catalogs
Its own search index
The index and the search log live in three database tables. Tested with 20,000 products.
Indexes in the background
Action Scheduler indexes 50 products at a time. When you edit a product, the index updates on its own.
Prices that are never out of date
Prices and stock come from WooCommerce at the moment of the search.
WPML and Polylang
Each shopper searches the products in their own language. Plainseek is ready for translation.
Modern WooCommerce
Works with HPOS order storage and with the Cart and Checkout blocks.
Your data is safe
Deleting the plugin keeps your data, unless you choose to remove it in Plainseek > Tools.
Requirements
| WordPress | 6.8 or newer | Tested with 7.1 |
|---|---|---|
| WooCommerce | 10.0 or newer | Tested with 11.1 |
| PHP | 8.1 or newer | - |
| Elementor | Optional | Tested with 4.3 |
| AI features | Optional | An API key from a supported provider |
Read the documentation
Installation, every setting, the AI providers, privacy, and hooks for developers. It is the same guide that comes in the download.
Open the documentationFAQ
Questions buyers ask
Do I need an AI API key?
No. The search, the filters from the query, typo tolerance, synonyms, and analytics all work without AI. AI features are optional, and they are off until you turn them on.
Is the AI in the demo real?
No. The demo has no API key, so the shopping assistant’s replies come from a short script. Plainseek’s own work is real there: it finds the products, reads the store pages, and shows the product cards. With your own key, an AI model writes each answer. Search by meaning is off in the demo.
How much does the AI cost?
You pay your AI provider directly, for what you use. Plainseek keeps the cost low. It caches AI search results, sends a product again only when its text changes, and stops AI calls when your daily limit is reached. Search then keeps working with keywords. With Ollama, you can run the model on your own server.
Does Plainseek send data to other servers?
Not unless you turn on AI features. Then product text and shopper searches go to the AI provider you choose. The AI screen lists exactly what is sent, and when.
Does it work with large catalogs?
Yes. Plainseek keeps its own search index in three database tables, and indexes products in the background with Action Scheduler. It was tested with 20,000 products.
Does it work with my theme?
It works with block themes and classic themes. The search results page uses your theme’s normal shop templates. You can also place the search bar with a block, a shortcode, or an Elementor widget.
Does it work in other languages?
Yes, with one limit. Your colors, sizes, brands, and other values work in any language, because Plainseek reads them from your products. Price and sort words, like “under” and “cheapest”, are read in English. Matching singular and plural is for English stores. With WPML or Polylang, each shopper searches in their own language.
What happens to my data if I delete the plugin?
It is kept, unless you turn on “Delete all Plainseek data when I delete the plugin” in Plainseek > Tools. Deactivating the plugin never deletes data.
Search your way through a real store
Type a price, a color, or a typo, and see what Plainseek does with it.