[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #7: Search individual plugin/theme forums

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#7: Search individual plugin/theme forums
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 Reporter:  Daedalon                      |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                        |   Milestone:
Component:  Support Forums                |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion has-patch commit  |
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Changes (by SergeyBiryukov):

 * keywords:  needs-refresh 2nd-opinion => 2nd-opinion has-patch commit


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:38 tberneman]:
 > With Google you can search a site for a term. For example, to search the
 Relocate Upload plugin the term "custom folders" you would type this into
 Google's search box:
 >
 > site:https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/relocate-upload "custom
 folders"

 That was my initial thought as well, but it would only search that
 particular page. Individual topics have a different URL structure, e.g.
 https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-backslash/, and don't have
 plugin name in the URL.

 That said, I think we could significantly improve current results with
 [attachment:7.patch] for now.

 It adds a "Search this forum" form on plugin- and theme-specific views:
 [attachment:7.patch], and then uses the plugin or theme name as `intext`
 parameter in the search query passed to Google.

 Using Jetpack's forum as an example, this produces much more relevant
 results:
 {{{
 https://wordpress.org/search/Markdown+stopped+working+intext:%22Plugin:+Jetpack+by+WordPress.com%22/?forums=1
 }}}
 than this:
 {{{
 https://wordpress.org/search/Markdown+stopped+working/?forums=1
 }}}

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