#8290 closed task (blessed) (fixed)
increase number of results returned from Plugin installer API
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| Milestone: | 2.7 | Priority: | normal |
| Severity: | normal | Version: | |
| Component: | WordPress.org Site | Keywords: | dev-feedback |
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Description
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.
I've always thought that the WordPress core should allow users to specify how many results are shown per page. For any page of results for that matter (posts, pages, comments, plugins, whatever). Either from a dropdown or a textbox which allows the user to specify a custom amount. I've always envisioned it right next to the paging links. That's one of those few things that seem obvious that WordPress has always lacked.