Update plugins_api to accept multiple slugs when querying 'plugin_information'

[DJPaul]

Migrated from ​https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/20002

When querying plugins_api() with 'plugin_information', the second argument takes a parameter 'slug' on which to find the plugin. Please may the API be updated to optionally accept an array of slugs, so that you can query for multiple plugins in the same HTTP request?

[netweb]

Restored original ticket formatting for improved readability.

[toddlahman]

+1

[SergeyBiryukov]

Related: ​#WP35301

[elvishp2006]

+1

[obenland]

@dd32 Would this be something for v1.2?

[dd32]

Replying to obenland:

@dd32 Would this be something for v1.2?

It'll probably require a few more changes, but I'll have a look into it as it'll be a good performance boost for Core.

[dd32]

In 6484:

Theme Directory: API: Allow for querying multiple themes on the theme_information action through the 'slugs' parameter.

Example: ​https://api.wordpress.org/themes/info/1.2/?action=theme_information&request[slugs][]=twentyten&request[slugs][]=twentyeleven

See #1304

[dd32]

In 6485:

Plugin Directory: API: Allow for querying multiple plugins on the plugin_information action through the 'slugs' parameter.

Example: ​https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/?action=plugin_information&request[slugs][]=hello-dolly&request[slugs][]=wordpress-importer

See #1304

[dd32]

Turned out core doesn't actually need this functionality anymore, as the problematic calls were removed recently (I missed that).

I'm going to leave this here as-is for now, with a note that it might change in the future.

[dd32]

#2522 was marked as a duplicate.