Follow these steps to add Google Custom Search to your WordPress blog.

Firstly login to your Google Adsense account.

Click on the Adsense Setup tab,

adsense tab

Click on Adsense for Search,

adsense for search

Fill out the Search Type form as appropriate,

search type

Choose your Search Box Options as appropriate,

search box options

Configure Search Results Style as appropriate.

Get the Search Code,

search code 1

Copy the code,

copy the code

Now login to your WordPress blog and go to Appearance > Editor,

editor

Click on Search Form,

search form

Before you do anything to this file, make sure you make a backup of it first!

Remove all the code from this file.

Then paste in the code from Google (from before), then click <Update File>,

new code

Done! Your Google Custom Search will now appear on your site,

new google search

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