[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #2642: Better boosting for phrase matches (or add support for the user to specify a phrase)

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#2642: Better boosting for phrase matches (or add support for the user to specify
a phrase)
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 Reporter:  gibrown           |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  high              |   Milestone:  Improved Search
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                    |
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Comment (by terminij):

 Please see my bug report [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/63680]
 created yesterday, (closed now, as I accidentally posted in the wrong
 area).

 But I believe it's both worth reading and mentioning, as it includes some
 of my own initial testing, observations, and findings, both in my initial
 report and in my follow-up replies (in regards to this issue), that I feel
 **-- point to an actual deeper issue going on here --** ...more than
 merely what has already been discussed in this thread.

 - I have to also agree with @jeffr0 that simply using quotes doesn't work.
 - I also would like to point out that in my own observations and findings,
 plugins not being returned in the search results actually involves a more
 critical issue where plugin search results intermittently fail to display
 plugins that are both active and confirmed to exist in the official plugin
 repository -- **As I have also ''*confirmed*'', these plugins are not
 merely ''*deprioritized*'' or ''*mixed with unrelated results*''; they
 ''*completely disappear*'' from search results at times, only to
 ''*reappear later*''. This isn't a matter of sorting or deprioritization;
 ''*the plugins are completely missing from the search output*''** --,
 which you can read more about in the above linked report.

 I am also of the opinion that this - **should indeed** - be **changed**
 from a **simple 'enhancement'** to an actual **'defect (bug)'**.


 Kindly. Thank you.

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