[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47677: Add ability to Search Plugins within Categories like Recommended and then have option to order plugins by popularity or # of installations

[WordPress Trac]

#47677: Add ability to Search Plugins within Categories like Recommended and then
have option to order plugins by popularity or # of installations
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 Reporter:  aranorton        |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General          |    Version:
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui               |
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 As a relatively new WordPress user, it is very overwhelming to be
 presented with tens of thousands of plugins with very little idea which
 ones work well, which ones are the best in each category of functionality,
 and which ones are really needed on my Wordpress website.  Google research
 only goes so far and is pretty time consuming with everyone having a
 different opinion.  It would be so much more helpful if the Search Plugins
 function could do a keyword search within the categories like Recommended,
 Popular, Featured, etc.  It would also be great if the results could be
 presented with the option to order them by the rating highest to lowest or
 largest number of installs to least number of installs instead of just
 presenting the results in any random order.  They could also be ordered by
 which version of Wordpress they are compatible with or which PHP version
 they work with.  This ordering option should also be available to a
 regular keyword search as well.  I really don't want to go through 300
 pages of, for example, widget plugins to find what I need because the one
 with the most installs is on page 299.  Maybe you could add an option to
 choose how many of the sorted plugins the user wanted to see, like only
 show the first 25 of the most installed widget plugins. From an extremely
 overwhelmed newbie, please help!!!

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/47677>
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