[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #1072: Plugins Directory Search for incomplete names

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#1072: Plugins Directory Search for incomplete names
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Reporter:  johnpercivalhackworth  |      Owner:
    Type:  enhancement            |     Status:  new
Priority:  normal                 |  Component:  api.wordpress.org
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 As a user, if I do a request to the plugins API looking for a plugin, but
 I don't include the full name of a plugin, but part of it, the API
 response doesn't include the plugin in the results

 Example: if you look for "jetpac", the response returns 0 plugins found:

 {{{
 curl 'https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.1/?action=query_plugins' -H
 'content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' --data
 'request%5Bpage%5D=1&request%5Bper_page%5D=24&request%5Bfields%5D%5Bicons%5D=1&request%5Bfields%5D%5Bbanners%5D=1&request%5Bfields%5D%5Bcompatibility%5D=0&request%5Bfields%5D%5Btested%5D=0&request%5Bfields%5D%5Brequires%5D=0&request%5Bfields%5D%5Bsections%5D=0&request%5Bsearch%5D=jetpac'
 --compressed
 }}}

 It would be much useful if you could search for a subtext, instead of
 whole words. And would make much easier for the users to find what they
 are looking for.

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