[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #29609: Admin plugin search results are innacurate & inconsistent

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#29609: Admin plugin search results are innacurate & inconsistent
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 Reporter:  McGuive7            |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)        |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins             |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal              |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, administration  |
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 The plugin search results in the WordPress admin don't seem to
 consistently match the search terms. For example, say I want to install
 the following plugin: '''Ambrosite Next/Previous Post Link Plus'''.

 If I search "Ambrosite", I don't get any results ("No plugins match your
 request.").

 If I search "Post Link Plus" I do get results, however Ambrosite
 Next/Previous Post Link Plus is not included on the first page of results,
 even though its title has a direct word/order match, and none of the
 plugins that ''are'' displayed do.

 If I search "Ambrosite Next/Previous Post Link Plus", the intended plugin
 finally shows up as the number one result.

 It seems to me there are a few issues going on here.

 1. Faulty search matching - why would searching for "Ambrosite" return no
 results when there is clearly a plugin with that word in the title?

 2. Prioritization - I'm curious what the search matching algorithm is,
 such that an exact word/order match for the plugin title doesn't yield a
 top result. This is listed as "fixed" on the following ticket
 (https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8571), however it doesn't seem to
 be working as described.

 Would love to know what the status is on this one, and if this is a known
 issue. Thanks!

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/29609>
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