Plugin Directory: Too short plugin description with letter count locale

[mayukojpn]

I found new ja localized plugin directory has too short plugin description in a front page / archives. It might come from letter count system instead of word count.

​https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/

[afzalmultani]

Can we change the link text that currently says "Translation Contributors"? It leads to the translation stats and doesn't immediately show contributors?

[mayukojpn]

Replying to afzalmultani:
Hey, let's make separate ticket for different problem 😄 Are you going to make it or @petya?

[afzalmultani]

Replying to mayukojpn:

Replying to afzalmultani:
Hey, let's make separate ticket for different problem 😄 Are you going to make it or @petya?

okey i'm created ticket #2629

[obenland]

The excerpt is very short because there is only room for three short lines. It uses `wp_trim_words()` which is supposed to account for letter count locales

[SergeyBiryukov]

wporg-plugins theme is supposed to limit the excerpt length to 15 words, see the excerpt_length() function.

In Japanese and Chinese (and perhaps other East Asian locales), wp_trim_words() ​counts characters instead of words.

Seems like the limit should be increased for those locales. If the current UI can account for three lines, there's no need to overzealously limit the excerpt to just 15 characters.

[SergeyBiryukov]

Replying to SergeyBiryukov:

Seems like the limit should be increased for those locales.

2628.patch​ implements that, using the same approach as in WordPress core.

[obenland]

In 5196:

Plugin Directory: Adjust exerpt length by locale

Allows for a longer excerpt in letter count locales.

Props SergeyBiryukov.
Fixes #2628.

[SergeyBiryukov]

@obenland: Sorry, missed text domain in my initial patch, see 2628.2.patch​.

[5196] should still work, as it would use the core translation, but we should still add the text domain for clarity and best practices.

[obenland]

In 5212:

Plugin Directory: Use textdomain in i18n function

Props SergeyBiryukov.
Closes #2628.