public static function json_search_categories() {
		ob_start();

		check_ajax_referer( 'search-categories', 'security' );

		if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_products' ) ) {
			wp_die( -1 );
		}

		$search_text = isset( $_GET['term'] ) ? wc_clean( wp_unslash( $_GET['term'] ) ) : '';

		if ( ! $search_text ) {
			wp_die();
		}

		$found_categories = array();
		$args             = array(
			'taxonomy'   => array( 'product_cat' ),
			'orderby'    => 'id',
			'order'      => 'ASC',
			'hide_empty' => true,
			'fields'     => 'all',
			'name__like' => $search_text,
		);

		$terms = get_terms( $args );

		if ( $terms ) {
			foreach ( $terms as $term ) {
				$term->formatted_name = '';

				if ( $term->parent ) {
					$ancestors = array_reverse( get_ancestors( $term->term_id, 'product_cat' ) );
					foreach ( $ancestors as $ancestor ) {
						$ancestor_term = get_term( $ancestor, 'product_cat' );
						if ( $ancestor_term ) {
							$term->formatted_name .= $ancestor_term->name . ' > ';
						}
					}
				}

				$term->formatted_name              .= $term->name . ' (' . $term->count . ')';
				$found_categories[ $term->term_id ] = $term;
			}
		}

		wp_send_json( apply_filters( 'woocommerce_json_search_found_categories', $found_categories ) );
	}