[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #46763: Improve plugin search results with already active plugins

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#46763: Improve plugin search results with already active plugins
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 Reporter:  joostdevalk            |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins                |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-design-feedback  |     Focuses:  ui, administration
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Comment (by kevinwhoffman):

 Can we step back from the design for a moment and think through a
 realistic implementation of such a feature?

 If the idea is to notify users that they have a plugin installed which
 already provides the feature they are searching for, then it seems
 critical that we also point them to the relevant location to use said
 feature. It's not very helpful to search for a feature and be told that an
 installed plugin already provides it when I'm not aware of it in the first
 place.

 The mockups suggest that this communication would be possible through a
 contextual hyperlink that points the user in the right direction, such as
 an appropriate settings page. It seems like plugin developers would have
 to add logic to their plugins that serves up the appropriate hyperlink
 based on the search term. Then core would have to look for those matching
 terms in the plugin's code in order to display the appropriate hyperlink.

 Is it realistic to expect that most plugin developers would provide such
 contextual links, and if they do not, is the feature worth implementing if
 it can't fully deliver on the job it is supposed to do?

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/46763#comment:35>
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