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Avo – AI Shopping Assistant for WooCommerce

AI shopping assistant and smart product search for WooCommerce. Understands buyer intent, recommends in-stock products, and boosts store sales.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.3.3
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 5.8 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update23 Oct 202611d ago
Active installationsNewAdoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 1 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Avo – AI Shopping Assistant for WooCommerce version 1.3.3 as active, updated 11d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Avo transforms your WooCommerce store into an intelligent shopping destination. , “What are you shopping for today? → ” ).

When a shopper asks a natural question like “I need a Casio watch for my wife”, Avo connects to OpenRouter AI to extract buyer intent (brand, gender target, categories, price budget), queries your local WooCommerce catalog, and displays instant matching product cards inside a modern popup modal—complete with one-click collection redirects!

Key Features

  • Floating Search Pill: Pinned at the bottom-center of your storefront with a modern frosted glass aesthetic.
  • Natural Language Intent Parsing: Powered by OpenRouter AI ( google/gemini-2.0-flash-001, openai/gpt-4o-mini, anthropic/claude-3.5-haiku ).
  • Direct WooCommerce DB Querying: Queries real-time inventory and pricing directly from your store database.
  • Instant Category Link Banner: One-click “Explore Collection: View all Women’s Casio Watches → ” button.
  • AJAX Add to Cart: Allows shoppers to add items directly to their cart from the results modal without page reloads.
  • Merchant Analytics & Demand Insights: Track top searched queries, uncover zero-result demand gaps, and attribute sales conversions.
  • Customizable Admin Settings: Change AI model, placeholder text, accent color, and test API connectivity with one click.
  • Rate-Limiting Protection: Server-side nonce check and IP rate-limiting to prevent unauthorized use of your OpenRouter API credits.

Third-Party Services

This plugin relies on the OpenRouter API to perform natural language intent recognition and generate conversational shopping recommendations.

  • Service Provider: OpenRouter, LLC (https://openrouter.ai)
  • Terms of Service: https://openrouter.ai/terms
  • Privacy Policy: https://openrouter.ai/privacy
  • What Data is Transmitted: When a customer performs a search via the assistant widget, their search text query and the store’s public taxonomy names (category and attribute names) are sent to OpenRouter via a secure HTTPS server-to-server request. No customer personal identifiable information (PII) or customer account credentials are ever transmitted.
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Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • ai search
  • product search
  • smart search
  • woocommerce
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 5.8 · PHP 7.4
Update activity23 Oct 202611d ago

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Version1.3.21.3.3
Version1.3.11.3.2
Version1.3.01.3.1
Version1.2.01.3.0
Version1.1.11.2.0
Version1.1.01.1.1
Version1.0.01.1.0
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