[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #1574: Search

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#1574: Search
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 Reporter:  obenland          |       Owner:  tellyworth
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by dustycat):

 I'd like to see the whole search interface improved

 e.g. when I am looking for plugins and have entered a search term, the
 results list is in a random order as far as I can tell.  If I click on
 'Featured' or 'Popular' etc in the menu, my search term is lost and I am
 shown ALL plugins, not just ones relating to my search term.

 So I'd like to see either that the 'Featured', 'Popular' etc can be
 searched within OR that once I have searched for a term, I can sort the
 results by star rating, number of downloads, last updated etc.  That's got
 to make life easier than ploughing through 10 or more pages of results
 trying to find the 5* plugins.

 Also, is there a way of making the plugin support forums more searchable?
 At the moment, when you go to the Support tab for a plugin, you can only
 see support tickets in reverse chronological order.  We are warned to
 search to make sure we aren't opening a duplicate ticket, yet there isn't
 a way to search from that page.  Going over to the support forum and
 trying to search there is nigh on impossible because you can't filter
 search results to only show the plugin that you are having problems with.
 Yes, you can try putting 'Plugin: plugin name' as part of your search
 criteria, but you still end up with potentially hundreds of irrelevant
 results.

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Ticket URL: <https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1574#comment:3>
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