[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #5231: Increase visibility of "old" plugins in Search Indexes

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#5231: Increase visibility of "old" plugins in Search Indexes
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 Reporter:  dd32              |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect            |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |   Keywords:
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 Currently we lower the prevalence of plugins in the search index based on
 how far away from the current stable, but we immediately deindex them in
 Google (and other) results after a much shorter 3 versions.

 I'd like to increase that number to at least 5 major releases, while
 plugins that are often updated are better choices for a user to select
 when searching for plugins, when they're searching for a specific plugin
 they should be able to find it - on WordPress.org or through their
 preferred search engine.

 Increasing that cutoff will benefit end-users ability to find a plugin
 they're after, while at the same time having at least some limitation at
 which the plugin is considered retired.

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Ticket URL: <https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5231>
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