[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30337: Recommended plugins to replace Popular plugins tab

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#30337: Recommended plugins to replace Popular plugins tab
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 Reporter:  tellyworth      |       Owner:  azaozz
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  4.1
Component:  Plugins         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by tellyworth):

 Replying to [comment:27 senlin]:
 > Could it be an idea not to show plugins that are not "tested up to" the
 current version? Why would we want users to start installing plugins that
 might not even be compatible?

 If we make it too strict we run the risk of showing very few plugins,
 perhaps none. Especially around the time of a new WP release. And as John
 says, it would encourage plugin devs to bump the version without actually
 testing it thoroughly.

 I think it's reasonable to use a threshold that's 2 or 3 WP versions back,
 as long as it's clear to the user which of those are tested for their WP
 version. Which is exactly what the Recommender tab is doing now. A plugin
 that's tested up to 3.9 or 4.0 is very likely to work perfectly in 4.1.

 That should probably also apply to Popular and search as well, so it's a
 bigger issue than just this ticket. Longer term, we should probably
 incorporate additional data such as the number of active installs in each
 WP version to determine plugin compatibility.

 I'm experimenting with exactly what the thresholds ought to be. As of
 midnight UTC (about 3 hours after this comment) it'll flip over to a
 stricter dataset that requires a Tested Up To version of > 3.9.

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