Contexa AI Search

Contexa AI Search brings powerful AI-driven search and product recommendations to your WooCommerce store. Enhance customer experience with intelligent product discovery and blazing-fast search results.

Key Features

• AI-Powered Search: Natural language product search with autocomplete suggestions
• Lightning Fast Performance: Direct API integration with client-side rendering (under 2 seconds)
• Smart Recommendations: Personalized product suggestions
• Flexible Layouts: Choose between list or grid display with 5 customizable templates
• Easy Integration: Simple shortcodes, no coding required
• Auto Sync: Keep products updated automatically
• Product Management: Sync, preview, and export products with batch processing
• Order Tracking: Track conversions and customer behavior
• Content Sync: Sync blog posts, pages, and custom post types for comprehensive search
• AJAX Add to Cart: Add products to cart without page refresh with quantity selectors
• Multi-Currency Support: Automatic currency detection from WooCommerce settings
• Customizable: 5 visual templates, filters, and actions for complete control
• WPML Multi-Language Support: Full integration with WPML for language-specific content sync
• Onboarding Wizard: Step-by-step setup wizard with language and content type selection
• Language Filtering: Sync only the languages you need with WPML integration

Search Shortcode

Add AI search to any page:
[contexa_search layout=”list” columns=”4″ show_description=”yes” show_price=”yes” results_per_page=”12″ template=”1″]

Available options:
– placeholder – Search input placeholder text (default: “Search for products…”)
– button_text – Search button text (default: “Search”)
– layout – Display layout: list or grid (default: list)
– columns – Number of grid columns when layout=”grid” (default: 4)
– show_price – Display product prices: yes/no (default: yes)
– show_description – Display product descriptions: yes/no (default: yes)
– results_per_page – Maximum results to display (default: 12)
– template – Visual template style 1-5 (default: 1)

Template Styles:
1. Classic Grid (default) – Traditional cards with hover lift effect
2. Minimal Clean – Borderless design with subtle hover backgrounds
3. Card with Shadow – Rounded cards with elegant shadow effects
4. Modern Bordered – Bold black borders with inverted hover state
5. Colorful Gradient – Purple gradient background with white text

Examples:
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Basic search (list layout, default template)

[contexa_search]

List layout with classic template

[contexa_search layout=”list” template=”1″]

Grid layout with 3 columns and minimal template

[contexa_search layout=”grid” columns=”3″ template=”2″]

Grid with modern bordered template, no descriptions

[contexa_search layout=”grid” template=”4″ show_description=”no”]

List with colorful gradient template and 20 results

[contexa_search layout=”list” template=”5″ results_per_page=”20″]

Custom placeholder and button text

[contexa_search placeholder=”What are you looking for?” button_text=”Find Products”]
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Recommendations Shortcodes

Display smart product recommendations with AJAX add to cart functionality:

Similar Products (product page recommendations):
[contexa_similar product_id=”123″ title=”You May Also Like” columns=”4″ limit=”8″]

Trending Products:
[contexa_trending title=”Trending Now” columns=”4″ limit=”8″]

Personalized Recommendations (based on visitor behavior):
[contexa_personalized title=”Recommended For You” columns=”4″ limit=”8″]

Frequently Bought Together:
[contexa_frequently_together product_id=”123″ title=”Frequently Bought Together” columns=”4″ limit=”4″]

Cart-Based Recommendations:
[contexa_cart_based title=”Complete Your Purchase” columns=”4″ limit=”4″]

All recommendation shortcodes include:
– AJAX add to cart with +/- quantity selectors
– Click tracking for analytics
– Automatic stock status detection
– Responsive grid layouts

Available parameters:
– title – Section heading (optional)
– columns – Number of columns for grid display (default: 4)
– limit – Maximum number of products to display (default: 8)
– show_price – Display product prices: yes/no (default: yes)
– show_add_to_cart – Display add to cart with quantity selector: yes/no (default: yes)

Requirements

• WooCommerce 5.0 or higher
• A Contexa.co API key (free trial available)

Privacy & Data Collection

Contexa AI Search connects to external Contexa.co services to provide AI-powered search and recommendations. By using this plugin, you acknowledge that data will be sent to Contexa.co for processing.

Third-Party Service

• Service: Contexa.co – AI Search Platform
• Service URL: https://contexa.co
• API Endpoint: https://api.contexa.co
• SDK URL: https://api.contexa.co/sdk/contexa-sdk.js
• Terms of Service: https://contexa.co/terms-of-service
• Privacy Policy: https://contexa.co/privacy-policy

Data Sent to Contexa.co

Product Catalog Data (sent during sync):
* Product names, descriptions, and excerpts
* Product prices, SKUs, and categories
* Product images and URLs
* Product tags and attributes
* Blog posts and pages (if Content Sync is enabled)

Search & Interaction Data (sent during usage):
* Search queries entered by visitors
* Search results clicked by visitors
* Products added to cart
* Products removed from cart
* Completed orders (product IDs, quantities, prices)

Visitor Identification:
* Anonymous visitor ID (stored in contexa_visitor_id cookie)
* No personally identifiable information (PII) is collected
* Visitor IDs are used to track behavior across sessions for analytics

User Controls

• Tracking Consent: You can enable/disable visitor tracking in plugin settings
• Content Sync: You can choose which post types to sync (posts, pages, custom types)
• Auto Sync: You can disable automatic product synchronization
• Cookie Notice: We recommend adding a cookie consent notice to your site

External Resources Loaded

This plugin loads the Contexa search SDK JavaScript from api.contexa.co/sdk/contexa-sdk.js on all frontend pages when an API key is configured. This SDK is part of the Contexa.co service and required for AI search functionality.

Data Retention

Data sent to Contexa.co is retained according to Contexa’s privacy policy. You can request data deletion by contacting Contexa support.