[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #7773: Lowercase all tags

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#7773: Lowercase all tags
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 Reporter:  dd32              |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by dd32):

 Additionally, we should consider whether a tag of `register widgets for
 use on your site` is a valid tag, I don't think it is, I personally think
 we should limit tags to maximum of 2 words.

 Looking at existing tags, for a data-driven decision..

 ||=Word count=||=# of tags=||=Percent of tags (running count)=||=Largest
 Install count plugin=||
 ||1 word||265398||69.34% (69.34%)||5m+||
 ||2 words||87393||22.83% (92.18%)||5m+||
 ||3 words||23460||6.13% (98.31%)||5m+||
 ||4 words||4685||1.22% (99.53%)||800k||
 ||5 words||1180||0.31% (99.84%)||100k||
 ||6 words||381||0.1% (99.94%)||40k||
 ||7 words||115||0.03% (99.97%)||30k||
 ||8 words||43||0.01% (99.98%)||40k||
 ||9 words||22||0.01% (99.99%)||300||
 ||10+ words||49||0.01% (100%)||70||

 Based on the data, anything over 4 words in a tag is the edge-case in
 length.

 But the install count suggests that 5 words in a tag is reasonable, which
 seems weird.
 Here's one of the affected tags: https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags
 /contact-form-7-invisible-recaptcha/ - IMHO that's not a "tag" that's two
 tags: `contact-form-7` and `invisible-recaptcha`.

 Example of a 4-word tag: https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/contact-
 form-7-db/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/increase-file-size-limit/

 I suspect the reason we're seeing lots of plugins with multiple-word tags
 is SEO of the index, as we include tags as a search keyword, and we limit
 plugins to 5 tags.

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Ticket URL: <https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7773#comment:1>
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