Integrates a Google Instant Search to your blog. The wp-instant plugin uses the Ajax.Updater function of script.aculo.us and the Form.Element.DelayedObserver class. A jQuery implementation will be following soon.

A more detailed instruction on how to customize the plugin can be found here: Customize the WP-Instant plugin for your theme

Installation:

Installation trough WordPress admin pages:

1. Go to the admin page Plugins -> Add New
2. Search for wp-instant and choose the plugin
3. Choose the action install
4. Click on Install now
5. Activate the plugin after install has finished (with the link or trough the plugin page)
6. You might have to edit the settings, especially the “Content tag ID” value
7. Create a wp-instant-search-template.php file including the part of the “search loop” within the “Content ID tag”

Installation using WordPress admin pages:

1. Download the plugin zip file: wp-instant.1.1.zip
2. Go to the admin page Plugins -> Add New
3. Choose the Upload link under the Install Plugins headline
4. Browse for the zip file and click Install Now
5. Activate the plugin after install has finished (with the link or trough the plugin page)
6. You might have to edit the settings, especially the “Content tag ID” value
7. Create a wp-instant-search-template.php file including the part of the “search loop” within the “Content ID tag”

Installation using ftp:

1. Download the plugin zip file: wp-instant.1.1.zip
2. Unzip und upload the files to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory
3. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress
4. You might have to edit the settings, especially the “Content tag ID” value
5. Create a wp-instant-search-template.php file including the part of the “search loop” within the “Content ID tag”

Change Log:

• 1.1 Fixing bug with uninitialized variables
• 1.0 Use AJAX the way it’s described here: http://codex.wordpress.org/AJAX_in_Plugins
• 0.2 Using STYLESHEETPATH as primary folder to search for search result template
• 0.1 First stable release

If you like the plugin or if something is missing I would like to here it. Just leave a comment on this page or on my WordPress plugin page.