Search issues on wp.org

[asanaplugins]

Hi Team,

We have noticed an unusual behavior on the wp.org search. It is displaying unrelated plugins and also prioritizes inactive plugins over active ones.

​If you try performing this search "Search for product bundle", you will notice that the ​Ovic Product Bundle, which is an inactive plugin with a poor description, appears second on the list, which is quite strange. On the other hand, the active plugin, ​Product Bundle Builder for WooCommerce, which has a better description, is not given the same priority.

Furthermore, in some cases, we have observed that unrelated plugins are ranked higher than the relevant ones. For instance, there was a plugin that remained in the second position on the list for a while, despite being unrelated. You can perform ​this search "search for discount", ​this plugin was on the second of the list for a while!

We would appreciate your feedback on this matter.

Thank you.

[dd32]

This is likely a duplicate of one of the many existing search-related tickets, which I'm just going to link here for now: #2686, #3338, #4404, #4405, #5082, #5231, and many more.

We would appreciate your feedback on this matter.

We cannot provide direct responses like you're looking for here, this is not a support ticket system, it's a bug reporting platform.

edited OP with correct link trac markdown.

[dd32]

Upon reviewing the searches listed in the ticket here, the results are significantly different than they were at the time of the report.

I don't see anything actionable here, I'm going to close this, noting that the previously mentioned tickets will likely help any issue.