Index: wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugin-install-list-table.php
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--- wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugin-install-list-table.php	(revision 28803)
+++ wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugin-install-list-table.php	(working copy)
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 		if ( empty( $tab ) || ( !isset( $tabs[ $tab ] ) && !in_array( $tab, (array) $nonmenu_tabs ) ) )
 			$tab = key( $tabs );
 
-		$args = array( 'page' => $paged, 'per_page' => $per_page );
+		$args = array( 'page' => $paged, 'per_page' => $per_page, 'fields' => array( 'last_updated' => true, 'downloaded' => true ) );
 
 		switch ( $tab ) {
 			case 'search':
@@ -154,6 +154,28 @@
 		return $display_tabs;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Override the parent display() so we can provide a different container.
+	 */
+	public function display() {
+		$singular = $this->_args['singular'];
+
+		$this->display_tablenav( 'top' );
+
+?>
+<div class="wp-list-table <?php echo implode( ' ', $this->get_table_classes() ); ?>">
+
+	<div id="the-list"<?php
+		if ( $singular ) {
+			echo " data-wp-lists='list:$singular'";
+		} ?>>
+		<?php $this->display_rows_or_placeholder(); ?>
+	</div>
+</div>
+<?php
+		$this->display_tablenav( 'bottom' );
+	}
+
 	protected function display_tablenav( $which ) {
 		if ( 'top' ==  $which ) { ?>
 			<div class="tablenav top">
@@ -211,31 +233,19 @@
 				$plugin = (array) $plugin;
 
 			$title = wp_kses( $plugin['name'], $plugins_allowedtags );
-			//Limit description to 400char, and remove any HTML.
-			$description = strip_tags( $plugin['description'] );
-			if ( strlen( $description ) > 400 )
-				$description = mb_substr( $description, 0, 400 ) . '&#8230;';
-			//remove any trailing entities
-			$description = preg_replace( '/&[^;\s]{0,6}$/', '', $description );
-			//strip leading/trailing & multiple consecutive lines
-			$description = trim( $description );
-			$description = preg_replace( "|(\r?\n)+|", "\n", $description );
-			//\n => <br>
-			$description = nl2br( $description );
+			//Remove any HTML from the description.
+			$description = strip_tags( $plugin['short_description'] );
 			$version = wp_kses( $plugin['version'], $plugins_allowedtags );
 
 			$name = strip_tags( $title . ' ' . $version );
 
 			$author = $plugin['author'];
 			if ( ! empty( $plugin['author'] ) )
-				$author = ' <cite>' . sprintf( __( 'By %s' ), $author ) . '.</cite>';
+				$author = ' <cite>' . sprintf( __( 'By %s' ), $author ) . '</cite>';
 
 			$author = wp_kses( $author, $plugins_allowedtags );
 
 			$action_links = array();
-			$action_links[] = '<a href="' . self_admin_url( 'plugin-install.php?tab=plugin-information&amp;plugin=' . $plugin['slug'] .
-								'&amp;TB_iframe=true&amp;width=600&amp;height=550' ) . '" class="thickbox" title="' .
-								esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'More information about %s' ), $name ) ) . '">' . __( 'Details' ) . '</a>';
 
 			if ( current_user_can( 'install_plugins' ) || current_user_can( 'update_plugins' ) ) {
 				$status = install_plugin_install_status( $plugin );
@@ -243,20 +253,36 @@
 				switch ( $status['status'] ) {
 					case 'install':
 						if ( $status['url'] )
-							$action_links[] = '<a class="install-now" href="' . $status['url'] . '" title="' . esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Install %s' ), $name ) ) . '">' . __( 'Install Now' ) . '</a>';
+							$action_links[] = '<a class="install-now button" href="' . $status['url'] . '" title="' . esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Install %s' ), $name ) ) . '">' . __( 'Install Now' ) . '</a>';
 						break;
 					case 'update_available':
 						if ( $status['url'] )
-							$action_links[] = '<a href="' . $status['url'] . '" title="' . esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Update to version %s' ), $status['version'] ) ) . '">' . __( 'Update Now' ) . '</a>';
+							$action_links[] = '<a class="button" href="' . $status['url'] . '" title="' . esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'Update to version %s' ), $status['version'] ) ) . '">' . __( 'Update Now' ) . '</a>';
 						break;
 					case 'latest_installed':
 					case 'newer_installed':
-						$action_links[] = '<span title="' . esc_attr__( 'This plugin is already installed and is up to date' ) . ' ">' . _x( 'Installed', 'plugin' ) . '</span>';
+						$action_links[] = '<span class="button button-disabled" title="' . esc_attr__( 'This plugin is already installed and is up to date' ) . ' ">' . _x( 'Installed', 'plugin' ) . '</span>';
 						break;
 				}
 			}
 
+			$details_link   = self_admin_url( 'plugin-install.php?tab=plugin-information&amp;plugin=' . $plugin['slug'] .
+								'&amp;TB_iframe=true&amp;width=600&amp;height=550' );
+
 			/**
+			 * Filter the details link for a plugin.
+			 *
+			 * @since 4.0
+			 *
+			 * @param array $details_link Link to view the current plugin's details.
+			 * @param array $plugin       The plugin currently being listed.
+			 */
+			$details_link = apply_filters( 'plugin_install_details_link', $details_link, $plugin );
+
+			$action_links[] = '<a href="' . esc_attr( $details_link ) . '" class="thickbox" title="' .
+								esc_attr( sprintf( __( 'More information about %s' ), $name ) ) . '">' . __( 'More Details' ) . '</a>';
+
+			/**
 			 * Filter the install action links for a plugin.
 			 *
 			 * @since 2.7.0
@@ -266,16 +292,40 @@
 			 */
 			$action_links = apply_filters( 'plugin_install_action_links', $action_links, $plugin );
 		?>
-		<tr>
-			<td class="name column-name"<?php echo $style['name']; ?>><strong><?php echo $title; ?></strong>
-				<div class="action-links"><?php if ( !empty( $action_links ) ) echo implode( ' | ', $action_links ); ?></div>
-			</td>
-			<td class="vers column-version"<?php echo $style['version']; ?>><?php echo $version; ?></td>
-			<td class="vers column-rating"<?php echo $style['rating']; ?>>
-				<?php wp_star_rating( array( 'rating' => $plugin['rating'], 'type' => 'percent', 'number' => $plugin['num_ratings'] ) ); ?>
-			</td>
-			<td class="desc column-description"<?php echo $style['description']; ?>><?php echo $description, $author; ?></td>
-		</tr>
+		<div class="plugin-card">
+			<div class="plugin-card-top">
+				<div class="name column-name"<?php echo $style['name']; ?>><h4><a href="<?php echo esc_attr( $details_link ) ?>" class="thickbox"><?php echo $title; ?></a></h4>
+					<div class="action-links"><?php if ( !empty( $action_links ) ) echo '<ul class="plugin-action-buttons"><li>' . implode( '</li><li>', $action_links ) . '</li>'; ?></div>
+				</div>
+				<div class="desc column-description"<?php echo $style['description']; ?>>
+					<p><?php echo $description ?>
+					<span class="authors">
+						<?php echo $author; ?>
+						<?php if ( count( $plugin['contributors'] ) > 1 ) echo sprintf( __( '+ %d more' ), count( $plugin['contributors'] ) -1 ); ?>.
+					</span>
+					</p>
+				</div>
+			</div>
+			<div class="plugin-card-bottom">
+				<div class="vers column-rating"<?php echo $style['rating']; ?>>
+					<?php wp_star_rating( array( 'rating' => $plugin['rating'], 'type' => 'percent', 'number' => $plugin['num_ratings'] ) ); ?>
+					<span class="num-ratings">(<?php echo number_format_i18n( $plugin['num_ratings'] ); ?>)</span>
+				</div>
+				<div class="column-updated"><?php echo __('<strong>Last updated:</strong>') . ' '. sprintf( '%s ago', human_time_diff( strtotime($plugin['last_updated']) ) ); ?></div>
+				<div class="column-downloaded"><?php echo sprintf( __('%s downloads'), number_format_i18n( $plugin['downloaded'] ) ); ?></div>
+				<div class="column-compatibility">
+				<?php
+					if ( ! empty( $plugin['tested'] ) && version_compare( substr( $GLOBALS['wp_version'], 0, strlen( $plugin['tested'] ) ), $plugin['tested'], '>' ) )
+						echo  __('<strong>Untested</strong> with your install');
+
+					else if ( ! empty( $plugin['requires'] ) && version_compare( substr( $GLOBALS['wp_version'], 0, strlen( $plugin['requires'] ) ), $plugin['requires'], '<' ) )
+						echo __('<strong>Incompatible</strong> with your install');
+					else
+						echo __('<strong>Compatible</strong> with your install');
+				?>
+				</div>
+			</div>
+		</div>
 		<?php
 		}
 	}
Index: wp-admin/css/list-tables.css
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--- wp-admin/css/list-tables.css	(revision 28803)
+++ wp-admin/css/list-tables.css	(working copy)
@@ -1215,6 +1215,83 @@
 	margin: 2.5em 0 8px;
 }
 
+/* Plugin card table view */
+.plugin-card {
+	float: left;
+	margin: 0 8px 16px;
+	width: 48.5%;
+	width: -webkit-calc( 50% - 8px );
+	width: calc( 50% - 8px );
+	background-color: #fff;
+	border: 1px solid #dedede;
+	box-sizing: border-box;
+}
+@media screen and ( max-width: 782px ) {
+	.plugin-card {
+		margin-left: 0;
+		margin-right: 0;
+		width: 100%;
+	}
+}
+.plugin-card:nth-child(odd) {
+	clear: both;
+	margin-left: 0;
+}
+.plugin-card:nth-child(even) {
+	margin-right: 0
+}
+.plugin-card-top {
+	padding: 20px 20px 10px;
+}
+div.action-links,
+.plugin-action-buttons {
+	margin: 0; /* Override existing margins */
+}
+.plugin-card h4 {
+	float: left;
+	margin: 0 0 12px;
+	font-size: 18px;
+}
+.plugin-card .desc {
+	clear: left;
+}
+.plugin-action-buttons {
+	float: right;
+	margin-left: 2em;
+	margin-bottom: 1em;
+	text-align: right;
+}
+.plugin-action-buttons li {
+	margin-bottom: 10px;
+}
+.plugin-card-bottom {
+	clear: both;
+	padding: 12px 20px;
+	background-color: #fafafa;
+	border-top: 1px solid #dedede;
+	overflow: hidden;
+}
+.plugin-card-bottom .star-rating {
+	display: inline;
+}
+.plugin-card .column-rating {
+	line-height: 23px;
+}
+.plugin-card .column-rating,
+.plugin-card .column-updated {
+	margin-bottom: 4px;
+}
+.plugin-card .column-rating,
+.plugin-card .column-downloaded {
+	float: left;
+	clear: left;
+}
+.plugin-card .column-updated,
+.plugin-card .column-compatibility {
+	float: right;
+	clear: right;
+}
+
 /* ms */
 /* Background Color for Site Status */
 .wp-list-table .site-deleted {
