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Search Autocomplete

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Description

SearchAutocomplete implements the jQuery UI Autocomplete functionality on your WordPress installation. It provides several basic options such as:

  • jQuery ThemeRoller integration
  • Generic field selection. Any valid jQuery selector can be used to pick the search field
  • Minimum character count
  • Hotlink resulting Post/Page titles directly to their respective items

Installation

  1. Download the plugin from the WordPress repository
  2. Upload searchautocomplete to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  4. {Optional} If you want to add aditional themes to the settings, create the theme with the jQuery UI ThemeRoller and upload the resulting “/css/” directory to the “/css/” of this plugins installed directory.

FAQs

Can I just modify the existing theme files rather than upload new jQuery UI Themes?

Yes, but it’s recommended that you create a copy of the theme that you are going to modify rather than directly editing it. Future releases of this plugin may overwrite your changes if they are made to default theme files.

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