[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #8210: Plugin search no longer matches by plugin name

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#8210: Plugin search no longer matches by plugin name
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 Reporter:  yani.iliev        |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |   Keywords:
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 Plugin search on WordPress.org appears to be broken. Searching by plugin
 name no longer returns the expected plugin as the top result. Instead,
 results seem to be limited to matching against plugin descriptions only.

 **Steps to reproduce:**
 1. Go to the WordPress.org plugin directory search (or use the in-admin
 plugin search)
 2. Search for `akismet`
 3. Observe that results return plugins that mention "akismet" in their
 description, rather than the Akismet plugin itself

 **Expected behavior:**
 Searching for a plugin by its exact name should return that plugin as the
 first result.

 **Actual behavior:**
 The plugin name field appears to no longer be included in the search
 index/ranking. Results only reflect description-level matches.

 Confirmed by: Multiple users in WordPress.org Slack (#meta channel) --
 wojsmol, macmanx.

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