[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #6494: Closed plugins are listed in the search results of the plugin directory

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#6494: Closed plugins are listed in the search results of the plugin directory
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 Reporter:  zodiac1978        |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |   Keywords:  needs-patch 2nd-opinion
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 If you search for plugins on wordpress.org you will get closed plugins in
 the search results.

 Feedback from @dd32 on Slack was:

 > This shouldn’t have happened. Closed plugins should not show in search
 results.
 > This was caused by the metadata for the plugin being out-of-sync with
 the post status..
 > It doesn’t look like this is the only case of this.. it appears that the
 post_status and plugin_status isn’t being sync’d correctly for a bunch of
 plugins.. I suspect it might be related to self-closures..

 > just noting that plugin_status not being sync’d is not a problem, it’s
 unrelated.
 > I suspect this was actually that the plugin in the search index was
 outdated, > ElasticSearch thought the plugin was still published, but it
 wasn’t.. still feels weird it showed up..

 Maybe we need to distinguish between permanently closed plugins and
 pending reviews/temporary closed plugins here too.

 Or maybe hiding them is the wrong way here and we should go with the idea
 from @samuelsidler:

 > I think it should show in the search results, but 1) at a lower priority
 / further down the list and 2) should be clear in the search results that
 the plugin is closed.

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Ticket URL: <https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6494>
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