[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #8039: Plugin Directory, API: Return one new plugin field: 'php_plugin_name'

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#8039: Plugin Directory, API: Return one new plugin field: 'php_plugin_name'
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 Reporter:  alberttarress     |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  low               |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:  duplicate
 Keywords:                    |
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Comment (by alberttarress):

 Replying to [comment:2 dd32]:
 > Welcome to Meta Trac @alberttarress, and having discovered a huge
 annoyance of mine :)
 >
 > The plugin name difference here is due to plugin authors SEO'ing the
 search index (IMHO) as matches in the plugin name are more important (As..
 shockingly.. a search for a plugin name should return the plugin named
 that..)
 > I'm not going to go in too much further detail here, to avoid
 duplicating discussion of the below tickets here.
 >
 > I've previously discussed this with multiple people, some documentation
 of this is in #7577 and my preference is to remove the duplication: #6106
 >
 > This ticket is a duplicate of #7644 and to a lesser degree those linked
 above.

 Thanks for the explanation!

 I see. I've also thought it was for the search, specially when observing
 they add a ridiculous ammount of keywords on their SEOy name.

 I didn't know about those tickets, thanks for sharing. I agree it is a
 good solution to just remove the duplication :)

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