A Wordpress plugin for adding Autocomplete functionality to your blog search

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Brief information
Adding autocomplete functionality to the blog search input field. The values provided are the tags and categories used in the blog.

Long description
This plugin adding autocomplete functionality to search input field. It is using core jQuery library as well as autocomplete jquery plugin from http://www.pengoworks.com/workshop/jquery/autocomplete.htm

This plugin requires zero configuration, but since version 1.2.0 there is admin screen where you can enable the extra ‘number of matches’ next to each option. You just need to activate and it’s ready to be used in the blog. The plugin is tested with Wordpress 2.6.5, but until there aren’t big core changes, it sould work for all future releases. I don’t have information if this plugin will work with older versions of Wordpress, but for sure it is working with 2.6.x. The last version 1.2.0 is tested on WP 2.7.1.

New in 1.2: This version could display number of matches found in the blog.
New in 1.2.1: Small fix for table prefixes and adding autosubmit once the item from the list is selected.

I would appreciate if you write an review/post in your blog with a link to my page: nik.chankov.net.

Thanks to

• jquery.com
• jQuery Autocomplete Plugin
• Dave Ross for the hint with name selector

Installation
This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

1. Download the plugin from Wordpress repository
2. Upload `autocompleter` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
4. {Optional} If you want to change the apperience of the dropdown, just play with autocompleter.css in the plugin folder.
5. {Optional for 1.2.0} Go to Admin area under the Settings section. There is Autocompleter menu from which you can extend the plugin with ‘matched items’ option.

Frequently Asked Questions
Why this plugin is useful for users of your blog?
It’s useful because they can easily check what themes you writing for, and this way they could find the desired article more easily.

Is it possible to use it with non standard search like Google Custom Search Engine or similar?
Well, depends. Current version (1.1.2) reqires the name of the input field to be “s”, so if your search field has such name, there is no problem at all.

Is it heavy for my blog?
No, it selecting results from two joined tables, and it is not heavy at all.

Is it secure?
Actually it’s escaping the search string with functions provided from Wordpress, so it is secure as Wordpress.

Use contact page for support and other questions. Thanks!

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