This is a support topic for YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search
The intention of this topic is to give you the opportunity to discuss problems and difficulties with other Festinger Vault customers, e.g. how to address incompatibilities or fix bugs, report malfunctioning features, or get help on how to configure this download.
You can ask us for update requests here as well!
To request an update of a particular theme or plugin, kindly let us know your preferred version number and we will update it as soon as possible. Although update requests usually do not make much sense because we publish them as soon as they are available and we have the time to upload them.
We would LOVE to update to its latest version, but we encountered an issue with the activation with its latest version. We’re unable to bypass the security in its latest version, as it’s making a lot of server API calls. We will update the file as soon as possible once we got a solution for this.
Meanwhile, please have a look at this thread which explains the entire process.
You mean that it isn’t possible to update the plugins due to how they’re coded now? They’ve updated other YITH plugins I reported as outdated, not all of which them tho, but some for sure
Hey man, thanks a lot for your inquiry on our forums.
It’s true indeed that the YITH plugins lack new updates.
The main reason: is they are literally hunting down GPL websites and changed their pricing plans in a couple of months. Previously, I bought the developer license and distributed all new versions. Now, they are changing at least $69 per plugin * 30 = $2100 per year to keep them up to date.
This is financially not feasible at this moment and therefore we do update smaller batches. In some cases, a file will be updated with a lower version than the most actual one. We do this on purpose, as the YITH developers are changing their security protocols to protect their addons even better. So mostly, it requires time and effort to check their most recent updates more comprehensively.
I hope this makes and @vaulter - thanks a lot for your comment here as well.
Hey @Martin, thanks a lot for commenting on this topic. I’ve figured it had something to do with YITH’s aggressive pricing and the lack of bundles. Can’t complain about the Vault, it has been great to me! Haha!
We would LOVE to update to its latest version, but we encountered an issue with the activation with its latest version. We’re unable to bypass the security in its latest version, as it’s making a lot of server API calls. We will update the file as soon as possible once we got a solution for this.
You can ask us for update requests here as well! 
