{"id":73469,"date":"2012-03-06T22:03:03","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T03:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.org\/?p=73469"},"modified":"2012-11-20T15:15:18","modified_gmt":"2012-11-20T20:15:18","slug":"daily-tip-a-better-way-to-search-the-wordpress-plugin-repository","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/daily-tip-a-better-way-to-search-the-wordpress-plugin-repository\/","title":{"rendered":"A Better Way to Search the WordPress Plugin Repository"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WordPress plugin repository is full of broken plugins and duplication, making it quite frustrating at times to find the plugin you need. Want a better way to search for WordPress plugins? Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/searchwpplugins.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">searchwpplugins.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/search-plugins.png\" alt=\"Post image\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"search-plugins\" width=\"573\" height=\"364\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73481\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>SearchWPplugins is a better way to search:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/searchwpplugins.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SearchWPplugins<\/a> enables you to enter many more relevant search parameters than the regular WordPress repository search form. <\/p>\n<p>In this sample search I am returning plugins with &#8220;twitter&#8221; as a keyword, with a minimum 4-star rating, a minimum of 50 reviews, a minimum of 20000 downloads, last updated no later than 02\/07\/2012, and excluding old and broken plugins. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sample-search.png\" alt=\"Post image\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"sample-search\" width=\"568\" height=\"246\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73490\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finding the best WordPress plugins isn&#8217;t easy unless you know what you&#8217;re looking for. However, with <a href=\"http:\/\/searchwpplugins.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SearchWPplugins<\/a>, you&#8217;re able to get a list of the top-rated, most widely-used plugins without spending an hour looking. Make sure to bookmark <a href=\"http:\/\/searchwpplugins.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SearchWPplugins<\/a> for the next time you&#8217;re on the hunt for plugins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to instantly find the best, most widely-used WordPress plugins when searching the repository? Here&#8217;s a better way to search.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4099,"featured_media":56264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"blog_reading_time":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_tutorials_categories":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"tutorials_categories":[],"class_list":["post-73469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plugins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4099"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73469\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73469"},{"taxonomy":"tutorials_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tutorials_categories?post=73469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}