Title: Plugin search improvement
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Plugin search improvement

 *  Resolved [Russell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/russellcunning/)
 * (@russellcunning)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-improvement/)
 * For ALL plugin searches, both on wordress.org and from sites.
 * Why, oh, why, is there no way to filter or sort the search results by compatibility?
   And just as vital, by how recently the plugin was updated?
 * I just did a search for ‘directory’ and the number one plugin hasn’t been updated
   for over a year. How is that relevant? I’ve made this request before, and it’s
   fallen on deaf ears.

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 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-improvement/#post-7391076)
 * The plugin directory is currently undergoing a large scale revamp, and this will
   include the plugin search.
 * You can follow along on the progress on this ticket:
    [https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1692](https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1692)
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-improvement/#post-7391195)
 * How can you equate last modification time to relevancy?
    What if that plugin 
   was so well-written that it didn’t need updates? What if it was written for a
   static area of WordPress and doesn’t need updates? I’m all for removing the weight
   that last update gets and just match the keyword or tag.
 *  Thread Starter [Russell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/russellcunning/)
 * (@russellcunning)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-improvement/#post-7391198)
 * Hi Joy,
 * I am not equating last update with relevancy, and cannot understand how you read
   that into my request. I am talking about being able to sort by last update, by
   version compatablity as well as by relevancy.
 * I don’t think it’s a matter of how well written a plugin is. Frequent updates
   are a sign that the plugin hasn’t been abandonned by the developer.
 * Outdated plugins account for 54.2% of WordPress vulnerabilities according to 
   WP WhiteSecurity. ([http://www.wpwhitesecurity.com/wordpress-security/statistics-highlight-main-source-wordpress-vulnerabilities/](http://www.wpwhitesecurity.com/wordpress-security/statistics-highlight-main-source-wordpress-vulnerabilities/)).
 * While it is possible that outdated plugins may still work without leaving any
   vulnerabilities, I for one do not take that chance.
 * Cheers,
    Russell
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-improvement/#post-7391210)
 * Still, whether a plugin has been updated or not doesn’t tell you anything about
   security.

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## Tags

 * [relevance](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/relevance/)
 * [updated](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/updated/)

 * In: [Requests and Feedback](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/requests-and-feedback/)
 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-search-improvement/#post-7391210)
 * Status: resolved

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