Joomla Modules
Ajax Live Search for Virtuemart
Ajax Live Search for Virtuemart is a simple, Lightweight & fully customizable virtuemart ajax search/suggestion module with tons of options. It allows users to search products, categories and manufacturers in your shop/website, and shows the search results in real time.
Price: $25.00
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Product Details

Category Joomla
Type Module
Version 1.1.0
Created 25-July-2016
Last Updated 09-August-2025
Compatible with Joomla 2.5.x, Joomla 3.x, Joomla 4.x, Joomla 5.x, VirtueMart 2.x, VirtueMart 3.x and VirtueMart 4.x
Files Included PHP, HTML, CSS, XML
Compatible Browsers Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, IE9, IE10, IE11, Microsoft Edge
Tags Joomla , virtuemart ajax search, virtuemart module, joomla search module, ajax search suggestion, instant search, Virtuemart Search, Joomla 4.x, VirtueMart 4.x
Author Jeyam Team

Make Your VirtueMart Store Stand Out with Lightning-Fast Ajax Search Results

Ajax Live Search for VirtueMart is a simple, lightweight, and fully customizable search module designed to supercharge your Joomla eCommerce store. Packed with powerful features and over 75 customization options, it delivers real-time, as-you-type search results that keep customers engaged and reduce the time needed to find products.

With this module, shoppers can instantly search products, categories, and manufacturers across your site. Just start typing a few letters, and the most relevant products, categories, and brands will appear instantly — without a page reload.

You can choose between a simple results view (product names only) or an extended display that includes product images, prices, descriptions, and SKUs, giving your customers all the details they need at a glance.

Top 10 Must-Know Features of Ajax Live Search for VirtueMart

  1. Real-time Ajax Search Results – Get instant, as-you-type results without page reloads.
  2. Multi-Source Search – Search across product names, SKUs, categories, manufacturers, and custom titles.
  3. Flexible Result Views – Choose between simple (names only) or extended view (images, prices, SKUs, descriptions).
  4. Minimum Character Setting – Define how many characters must be typed before results appear.
  5. Maximum Results Limit – Control the number of results displayed to improve speed and relevance.
  6. Thumbnail Customization – Set custom thumbnail sizes and a “No Image” placeholder for missing product images.
  7. Full Styling Control – Customize fonts, colors, widths, scroll bars, and layout directly from the backend.
  8. SEO-Friendly URLs – Ensures search results link to clean, indexable pages.
  9. Performance Optimizations – Caching, optimized queries, and “Load More” pagination for large stores.
  10. Wide Compatibility – Works with Joomla 2.5.x–5.x, VirtueMart 2.x–4.x, and all major browsers.


All Features:

  1. Ajax empowered, simple and lightweight virtumart search module.

    This Ajax-powered VirtueMart search module delivers lightning-fast, real-time product results without reloading the page, creating a seamless shopping experience for your customers. Designed to be simple, lightweight, and highly responsive, it minimizes server load while maximizing speed and usability. Whether your store has a few products or thousands, the module ensures quick and accurate searches across titles, descriptions, SKUs, and custom fields. Fully compatible with modern Joomla and VirtueMart versions, it supports multilingual stores, mobile devices, and optimized performance for better SEO and conversion rates.


  2. Search products, Categories, and manufacturers.

    Give your customers the power to find exactly what they’re looking for with advanced search functionality that covers products, categories, and manufacturers in VirtueMart. This feature ensures complete store-wide search coverage, delivering accurate results whether users are browsing for a specific item, exploring product categories, or looking for a particular brand or manufacturer. Optimized for speed and usability, the search works seamlessly across large inventories and multilingual sites, helping shoppers discover products faster and improving overall store navigation and conversion rates.


  3. Set minimum number of characters for search.

    Control and optimize your store’s search performance by setting a minimum number of characters required before the search is triggered. This feature helps prevent unnecessary queries, reduces server load, and improves search accuracy by filtering out incomplete or irrelevant terms. Ideal for stores with large product catalogs, it ensures that Ajax-powered searches return only meaningful results, enhancing both speed and user experience. Fully configurable, it gives you the flexibility to balance performance with usability, making it a valuable tool for maintaining a fast and efficient VirtueMart store.

  4. Set maximum number of results.

    Improve usability and page performance by defining the maximum number of search results displayed to your customers. This feature ensures cleaner, more focused result lists, making it easier for shoppers to find relevant products without being overwhelmed. By limiting the number of results, you can keep Ajax-powered searches fast and responsive, even with large VirtueMart product catalogs. Perfect for enhancing user experience and maintaining consistent page load times, this setting offers store owners full control over how much information is presented at once.

  5. Search in product name, SKU, category name, manufacturer name, and titles.

    Deliver precise and relevant search results by allowing customers to search across multiple key product fields, including product name, SKU, category name, manufacturer name, and custom titles. This comprehensive search capability ensures that shoppers can find items using any detail they remember, whether it’s a product code, brand name, or category. Fully optimized for VirtueMart and compatible with multilingual stores, it enhances discoverability and improves the shopping experience, helping increase customer satisfaction and sales.

  6. Perform search in the product description and short description.

    Expand your store’s search coverage to include both full product descriptions and short descriptions, enabling customers to find products even when they search for keywords or phrases that are not in the title. This feature is especially valuable for stores with detailed product information, technical specifications, or promotional highlights. By indexing and searching through all descriptive fields, it improves product visibility, captures more relevant matches, and helps guide customers to the right items faster.

  7. Show title, price, SKU, description, and thumbnails in search results.

    Enhance your VirtueMart search results with rich, informative listings that display the product title, price, SKU, short description, and a thumbnail image. This visual and data-rich presentation allows customers to instantly recognize the products they are interested in, compare options quickly, and make purchasing decisions faster. By combining key product information with images in the search results, you improve user engagement, reduce unnecessary clicks, and create a more intuitive shopping experience — all while keeping your store fast and responsive with Ajax-powered search.

  8. Limit the title and descriptions.

    Keep your search results clean and easy to read by setting a character limit for product titles and descriptions displayed on the frontend. This feature prevents overly long text from cluttering the results, ensuring a consistent and professional look across all devices. By trimming titles and descriptions to a defined length, you make it easier for customers to scan through products, focus on the most relevant details, and find what they need faster — all while maintaining a streamlined, Ajax-powered search experience in VirtueMart.

  9. Set custom size for thumbnail images.

    Control the look and feel of your search results by defining custom thumbnail image sizes that best fit your store’s design. This feature lets you optimize image dimensions for clarity, speed, and visual consistency across different devices. By setting the perfect thumbnail size, you can improve load times, maintain a professional layout, and ensure that your product images remain sharp and appealing in Ajax-powered VirtueMart search results. Ideal for enhancing both user experience and overall site performance.

  10. Change Search and Close/Clear images from the list of images.

    Easily customize the appearance of your VirtueMart search module by selecting Search and Close/Clear icons from a built-in list of provided images. This feature makes it simple to match the search interface to your site’s design without needing to upload or create your own graphics. By offering a ready-made set of professionally designed icons, the module ensures visual consistency, faster setup, and a polished user experience — all while maintaining the speed and responsiveness of its Ajax-powered search functionality.

  11. Custom "No Image" for products, categories, and brands.

    Maintain a professional and consistent look across your VirtueMart store by setting a custom “No Image” placeholder for products, categories, and brands without images. This feature allows you to reinforce your branding or store style even when actual product or category images are missing. By replacing generic placeholders with a custom design, you can improve visual appeal, create a more cohesive shopping experience, and ensure that every part of your Ajax-powered search results looks intentional and polished.

  12. Custom google fonts for result headers and contents.

    Enhance the visual appeal of your VirtueMart search results by applying custom Google Fonts to headers and content text. This feature lets you match the typography of your search results to your site’s overall design, creating a cohesive and professional look. With access to a vast library of Google Fonts, you can choose styles that improve readability, reflect your brand’s personality, and make your Ajax-powered search results stand out. The font customization is lightweight and performance-optimized, ensuring your store remains fast and responsive.

  13. Custom width or dynamic width for search results.

    Control how your VirtueMart search results are displayed by setting a fixed custom width or enabling dynamic width that adapts to different screen sizes. This feature allows you to fine-tune the layout for optimal readability and aesthetics, ensuring your Ajax-powered search results look great on desktops, tablets, and mobile devices. Whether you prefer a consistent fixed width or a fully responsive display that adjusts automatically, this flexibility helps create a polished user experience that matches your site’s design and improves usability.

  14. Scroll bar with custom color and size.

    Personalize the look and feel of your VirtueMart search results by adding a scroll bar with a custom color and size. This feature not only improves usability when displaying long lists of results but also allows you to match the scroll bar’s appearance to your site’s branding. Whether you choose a subtle, minimal style or a bold, eye-catching design, the customizable scroll bar enhances the user experience while keeping your Ajax-powered search results clean, organized, and visually consistent across devices.

  15. All Styles can be customized through backend options.

    Take full control of your VirtueMart search module’s appearance with comprehensive backend styling options. This feature allows you to customize colors, fonts, sizes, spacing, and other visual elements directly from the Joomla administrator panel — no coding required. By centralizing style controls, you can quickly adjust the design to match your site’s branding, create a unique look, and maintain a consistent visual identity across your store. All changes apply instantly, ensuring your Ajax-powered search results remain visually appealing and perfectly aligned with your design preferences.

  16. Maximizes user's search experience.

    Designed with the end user in mind, this VirtueMart search module maximizes the shopping experience by delivering fast, accurate, and visually rich search results. Ajax-powered loading ensures instant feedback without page reloads, while customizable display options, multilingual support, and intelligent search across multiple product fields make finding items effortless. By combining speed, precision, and design flexibility, the module keeps customers engaged, reduces search frustration, and helps guide them toward the products they want — boosting satisfaction and sales.


  17. Broad compatibility with Joomla and VirtueMart versions

    The module is fully compatible with multiple Joomla and VirtueMart versions, ensuring flexibility and future-proof performance for your eCommerce site. It supports Joomla 2.5.x, Joomla 3.x, Joomla 4.x, and Joomla 5.x, as well as VirtueMart 2.x, VirtueMart 3.x, and VirtueMart 4.x. This wide compatibility makes it ideal for both legacy and modern Joomla installations, allowing store owners to upgrade at their own pace without losing search functionality. Whether you’re running an older setup or the latest Joomla 5 with VirtueMart 4, the module integrates seamlessly to deliver a fast, Ajax-powered search experience.


  18. SEO Friendly URLs.

    Improve your store’s search engine visibility with SEO-friendly URLs for search results and product links. This feature ensures that all generated URLs are clean, readable, and keyword-rich, helping search engines better understand and index your content. By avoiding unnecessary parameters and messy query strings, your VirtueMart store benefits from improved ranking potential, easier sharing, and a more professional appearance. Fully compatible with Joomla’s routing system, the module delivers optimized URLs without sacrificing the speed and responsiveness of its Ajax-powered search functionality.


  19. Compatible with all major browsers.

    Ensure a consistent and reliable shopping experience for all visitors with full compatibility across all major web browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and Opera. This feature guarantees that your VirtueMart search module delivers the same fast, Ajax-powered performance and polished design no matter which browser your customers use. By supporting the latest browser standards and maintaining backward compatibility, the module helps you reach the widest possible audience without display issues or functionality loss.


  20. Easy to install, setup, and use.

    Get your VirtueMart search module up and running in minutes with a straightforward installation and setup process. Designed for both beginners and advanced Joomla users, the module features an intuitive backend interface, clear configuration options, and sensible defaults that work right out of the box. No complex coding or technical skills are required — simply install, adjust settings to match your store’s needs, and start delivering fast, Ajax-powered search results to your customers.

  21. Instant and fast search results

    Deliver results to your customers the moment they start typing with instant, Ajax-powered search functionality. This feature eliminates page reloads, providing lightning-fast responses that keep shoppers engaged and reduce the time it takes to find products. Optimized for performance, the search module handles large VirtueMart product catalogs with ease, returning accurate matches in real time. The result is a smooth, responsive, and satisfying search experience that encourages customers to continue browsing and purchasing

  22. Bug-free, secure, and fully checked module — easy to extend

    Built to the highest coding standards, this VirtueMart search module is bug-free, secure, and thoroughly tested for reliability. Every release undergoes rigorous quality checks to ensure flawless performance and protection against vulnerabilities. Designed with clean, maintainable code, it’s also easy to extend and customize, making it a solid foundation for developers who want to add new features or adapt it for unique store requirements. This focus on security, stability, and flexibility ensures long-term dependability for your Joomla-powered eCommerce site.

  23. Shop type feature with optimized database queries — built for medium and large shops

    Handle medium to large VirtueMart stores with ease using the built-in shop type feature and optimized database queries. This functionality is specifically designed to maintain lightning-fast search performance even when working with thousands of products, categories, and manufacturers. By intelligently managing database calls and reducing unnecessary load, the module ensures that Ajax-powered searches remain instant, accurate, and scalable. Perfect for growing eCommerce sites, it delivers a smooth shopping experience without compromising speed or stability.


  24. “Load More Products” feature for instant and fastest results

    Keep your customers engaged with a smooth, uninterrupted browsing experience using the “Load More Products” feature. Instead of traditional pagination, this Ajax-powered function loads additional products instantly when users click the button, without reloading the page. It delivers faster results, reduces navigation steps, and keeps shoppers focused on finding what they need. Optimized for speed and performance, this feature is ideal for medium and large VirtueMart stores, ensuring that even extensive product catalogs remain quick and easy to explore.


  25. Order products by Product ID, Product Name, SKU, Creation Date, Category Name, or Product Ordering

    Give your customers a more organized and intuitive shopping experience with flexible product ordering options. The module allows you to sort search results by Product ID, Product Name, SKU, Product Creation Date, Category Name, or the predefined Product Ordering in VirtueMart. This flexibility ensures that results can be tailored to match your store’s merchandising strategy, whether you want to highlight new arrivals, prioritize specific categories, or list products alphabetically. The sorting is fully integrated with the Ajax-powered search for instant, seamless updates without page reloads.


  26. Boost your Joomla 4.x and Joomla 5.x website speed with the new caching feature

    Enhance your VirtueMart store’s performance with a powerful caching feature, fully compatible with Joomla 4.x and Joomla 5.x. By storing frequently accessed search data, the module reduces server load, minimizes database queries, and delivers results faster than ever. This optimization not only improves loading speed but also creates a smoother, more responsive browsing experience for your customers. Ideal for busy eCommerce sites, the caching system ensures your Ajax-powered search remains lightning-fast while maintaining accurate and up-to-date results.


  27. Fully revamped for Joomla 5 standards with modern coding practices

    The module has been completely rebuilt to meet Joomla 5 standards, adopting modern coding practices such as Dependency Injection for improved performance, maintainability, and scalability. This upgrade ensures cleaner code architecture, faster execution, and easier customization for developers. By aligning with Joomla’s latest framework best practices, the module delivers long-term stability, enhanced security, and seamless compatibility with future Joomla updates — while keeping its Ajax-powered search functionality as fast and responsive as ever.

  28. Search functionality now fully supports accented letters

    Deliver accurate search results for customers worldwide with full support for accented letters and special characters. Whether your VirtueMart store content includes Danish, Norwegian, French, Spanish, German, or other accented text, the module ensures that searches recognize and correctly match these characters. This enhancement improves multilingual compatibility, boosts search accuracy, and provides a seamless experience for international shoppers — without sacrificing the speed and responsiveness of the Ajax-powered search engine.


  29. 75+ options to customize

    Take full control of your VirtueMart search experience with over 75 customizable options. From search behavior and result display to styling, thumbnails, and layout, every aspect of the module can be fine-tuned directly from the Joomla backend. Whether you want to adjust colors, fonts, sizes, or functionality, these extensive settings allow you to create a search interface that perfectly matches your store’s branding and user experience goals — all without touching a single line of code.

 

Why This Module Stands Out from the Rest

  1. Maximizes the user’s search experience
    Designed with the shopper in mind, the module delivers a smooth, intuitive, and highly responsive search process that keeps customers engaged.
  2. Results as you type — instant and fast
    Powered by Ajax technology, search results appear in real time while users type, eliminating page reloads and keeping the experience lightning-fast.
  3. Save time and boost efficiency
    Reduce the journey from an empty search box to meaningful results, helping customers find exactly what they’re looking for in seconds.
  4. Search smarter with relevant results
    Advanced algorithms ensure that search output is highly relevant, matching user intent rather than just keywords.
  5. Type less, get results faster
    Minimize typing effort while maximizing accuracy with predictive, instant search output that understands partial queries.
  6. Enhanced user experience with a custom scroll bar
    Integrated scroll bar support keeps results clean and organized while adding a touch of style to your search interface.

 

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Support:

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