[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #8290: increase number of results returned from Plugin installer API

[WordPress Trac]

#8290: increase number of results returned from Plugin installer API
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 Reporter:  DD32           |       Owner:  matt        
     Type:  task           |      Status:  new         
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  2.7         
Component:  WordPress.org  |     Version:              
 Severity:  normal         |    Keywords:  dev-feedback
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 Put simple, The number of results per page being returned from the plugin
 search API(6) simply isnt enough.

 Due to the search methods in use, Quite often the plugin wanted, isnt on
 the first page, Increasing it to display, 24plugins (for example) would
 lead to the wanted plugin being on the first page more often.

 A Better search function is really neede for bbPress to handle it better
 IMO, quite often a certain few plugins consisntantly rank high in the
 results for completely different terms, Due to that the small number of
 results is increasingly awkward for finding a plugin when no matter what
 search term you use, (cformsII - contact form & WP Super Cache are good
 examples of that).

 my plugin "Add From Server" (for those exact search terms) appears on page
 11, After a tonne of other plugins which might contain those words, but
 not be what the user is after, With 24plugins per page, it'd still be on
 3rd page, but users are much more likely to search <5 pages, than >10
 pages IMO; I'm sure i'm not the only person who'll have that problem
 either.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8290>
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