OpenCart 1.5x — 4.x ★ 5.0 Rating

Stop Searching.
Start Finding.

One search box for your entire OpenCart admin. Find orders, customers, products and categories instantly — from the dashboard or any admin page.

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✓ 1 hr free support
✓ No core file edits
✓ Instant download
✓ All OC versions
order #1042 Ctrl+K
Orders
#1042 John Smith $249.99
#1042-B John Smith (return) -$49.00
Customers
John Smith john@example.com
15+
Search fields
across all entities
4
OpenCart versions
supported (1.5x–4.x)
5.0
Average rating
from 8 reviews
0
Core file edits.
Installs clean.
The Problem

OpenCart Admin Has
No Unified Search

Finding a specific order means navigating to the orders page, setting filters, waiting for results. Looking up a customer means doing the same in another section. Multiply that across dozens of daily lookups and you're losing real time every single day.

No central search

Each admin section has its own separate filter form. There's no single place to search everything.

Slow navigation

Every lookup requires navigating to the right page, filling in filters, waiting for the page to reload.

Repeated daily

If you manage 50+ orders a day, those extra clicks add up to hours of lost productivity every week.

Complete Coverage

One Search Box.
Every Entity.

Search orders, customers, products, and categories — all from a single input. Here's everything you can search by.

📦 Orders 12 fields
✓ Order number
✓ Billing / delivery name
✓ Company name
✓ ZIP code
✓ Order value range
✓ Date range
✓ Customer email
✓ Customer phone
✓ Order comment
✓ Product name
✓ Product model
✓ Order options
👤 Customers 1 field
✓ Customer name
🛒 Products 3 fields
✓ Product name
✓ Product model
✓ UPC code
🗂️ Categories 1 field
✓ Category name
Version 3.3

What's New in
v3.3

Compact, Redesigned Interface

Cleaner layout that takes less space on your dashboard without sacrificing any functionality.

Pop-Up Search on Every Page

No longer limited to the dashboard. Access Quick Search from any admin page with a keyboard shortcut or click.

Independent Toggle Controls

Enable or disable the dashboard search block and the pop-up search independently. Use one, the other, or both.

Demo

See It in Action

Watch how Quick Search works in a real OpenCart admin panel.

Setup

Up and Running
in 3 Steps

No developer. No template changes. No core file edits.

Upload & Install

Upload the .ocmod.zip via your OpenCart Extension Installer. Works on all versions from 1.5x to 4.x.

Activate in Dashboard

Go to Extensions → Dashboard, find Admin Quick Search, click Install, then Edit to open the control panel and activate.

Start Searching

The search block appears on your dashboard immediately. Pop-up search is available on every admin page.

Installation

Detailed Setup for
Every OpenCart Version

  1. Upload & install adminquicksearch.ocmod.zip via Admin → Extensions → Installer
  2. Go to Admin → Extensions → Dashboard and install Admin Quick Search
  3. Click Edit to open the control panel, activate the module, and configure settings
  1. Upload QuickSearch.ocmod via Admin → Extensions → Installer
  2. Go to Admin → Extensions → Modifications and click Refresh
  3. Go to Admin → Extensions → Extensions, select Dashboard from the dropdown
  4. Install Quick Search, then go to Edit and activate it

Option 1 — Automatic:

  1. Upload quicksearch_opencart2x.ocmod.zip via Admin → Extensions → Installer
  2. Refresh Modifications, then install and activate from the Dashboard extensions list

Option 2 — Manual:

  1. Extract manual_installation.zip and copy contents to your shop's root folder
  2. Refresh Modifications, then install and activate from the Dashboard extensions list

Requires vQmod extension. Copy the XML file to your vqmod/xml folder. To disable, rename the file to .xml~.

Compatibility

Works With Every Setup

From OpenCart 1.5x to 4.x — we've got you covered.

OpenCart 4.x
OpenCart 3.x
OpenCart 2.x
OpenCart 1.5x
PHP 7.x / 8.x
All Admin Themes
Multi-Store Compatible
No Core File Edits
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes — since version 3.3, the pop-up search is available on every admin page, not just the dashboard. You can trigger it with a keyboard shortcut or a click. You can also disable it independently if you prefer to use only the dashboard search block.
No. The extension uses efficient database queries and only runs searches when you type. It adds no overhead to normal admin page loads. Results appear instantly for most stores.
Yes. You can search orders by the product name, product model, and even order options (like size, color, etc.) that were selected at checkout. This is something OpenCart's default order filter doesn't support at all.
Admin Quick Search supports OpenCart 1.5x, 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x. Each version has its own installation package included in the download. Check the Installation section above for step-by-step instructions for your specific version.
Every purchase includes 1 hour of free support covering installation help, configuration, and troubleshooting. Support is provided directly by the developer.
Yes — a live demo is available on the OpenCart Marketplace listing where you can log into a real admin panel and test the search functionality yourself.
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Search Smarter.
Work Faster.

One-time purchase. No subscription. Works from the moment you activate it.

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