The plugin repository can be a wild west at times, especially if you’re looking for a very specific plugin or feature that you can’t quite build (or don’t want to build) on your own time.
Google doesn’t help much as it drums up stuff that looks incredibly sketchy and you don’t have much time to spend on this in the first place.
Perhaps you need to check out this site that has organized plugins based on a few criteria that you might find helpful as well as filtering system that may actually work for you:
Plugins.uproot.us is simple to look at and just as simple to use. Search by trending plugins, top downloads, as well as compatibility versions.
The filtering system on the right is pretty self-explanatory and very fast – it’s probably this last part that I really like the most. Search quickly and easily and don’t wait for a result. Bingo.
Matt Gibbs (@mgibbs189) is the manager of the site (he was also the founder of Pods Framework) so he’s a trusted resource to boot. May be worth a bookmark if your current searches aren’t hitting straight.
I’m definitely a fan of how the information is laid out and how it produces relevant search results!
Nice idea, but in this case simplicity takes away from functionality.
This is an honest question (not a sarcastic retort
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What functionality is lost in this simplified variation on the repository?
Genuinely interested.
Well to start with, I want more information on the summary page.
I just did a search for custom post type.
The site found 52 pages.
Then I added a filter – 3.5 -> 29 pages
Now what do I do?
Let me display 50 on a page. Show me tags. Show me the developer(s). Show me update date.
Give me an account and let me add my own tags.
Add advertising so the developer can make some money.
There is a plugin that allows embedding plugin data. I tried to hack through it but I couldn’t isolate or find the WP API, but it’s somewhere and it’s rich.
I envision an uber plugin site that relates a plugin name with releases via custom post types and related data:
Plugin data (name, tags, developers)
->Releases – this give me an audit trail. It’s no big deal just digital space.
->Related plugins
->Personal tracking by everything – which sites plugins are installed, version, tags, customized tracking.
“There is a plugin that allows embedding plugin data”
Which plugin are you talking about, Jack?
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wporg-plugin-embed/
Thanks for all the feedback! The site has been refreshed, and it should now be easier to use.
Jack – you can change the number of items that display by using “per_page”. E.g. http://plugins.uproot.us/?per_page=100
A “Related plugins” box is on the roadmap. I have no plans on including advertising (this is for the better IMO). Another neat feature is that you can search for a username ( http://plugins.uproot.us/browse/?keywords=mordauk ) to pull up an author’s plugins.