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Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter v4.14.5

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

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  • Audit coverage Up to date 30 versions audited
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 5, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 5, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires PHP 7.4+
  • Requires WordPress 3.5+
  • Tested up to WP 7.1 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 55% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 86 Passed
  • 34 Warnings
  • 5 Failed
Security 73/100
Needs Improvement

27 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 67/100
Needs Improvement

41 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 75/100
Needs Improvement

9 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 67/100
Needs Improvement

2 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 50/100
Needs Improvement

3 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

3.1 MB

7.7 MB unzipped

Total files

454

across all file types

Lines of PHP

20,743

in 173 files Large

File types

  • PHP
  • PNG
  • JS
  • GIF
  • Other

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 0 Critical
  • 55 High
  • 137 Medium
  • 107 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 30 audited versions of Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter, Performance improved the most (+42). The largest regression was in Compatibility (-16). The codebase grew 33% in size.

Audited 4.10 → 4.14.5 · 30 versions

0 50 100 4.10 4.12 4.13.2 4.14.5

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 558 1115 4.10 4.12 4.13.2 4.14.5

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

2,884

downloads

Today

363

downloads

Week over week

−24%

vs previous week

Month over month

−50%

vs previous month

Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

45% of installs run an older version

≈ 31.7K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v4.11
  • v4.12
  • v4.13
  • v4.14

Ratings

264 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 236
  • 4 11
  • 3 5
  • 2 6
  • 1 6

Support: 0 / 1 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

Jul 30, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 34 days

average between releases

Total releases

95

since Jan 2014 · 12 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running Ajax Search Lite in Your Site?

Our latest audit of Ajax Search Lite v4.14.5 flagged 299 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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