Terry Arthur

<p>WPPD Filters enhances the built-in WordPress plugin installer search with powerful filtering and sorting capabilities while maintaining seamless integration with the existing interface.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>Advanced Filtering Options</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Filter by installation count (1K+, 10K+, 100K+, 1M+)</li>
<li>Filter by last update timeframe (last month, 3 months, year)</li>
<li>Filter by usability ratings and health scores</li>
<li>Filter by user ratings (1+ to 4+ stars)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Visual Status Indicators</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Colored icons for plugin update status (green, orange, red)</li>
<li>WordPress compatibility indicators with security awareness</li>
<li>Quick visual assessment of plugin maintenance status</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Enhanced Sorting</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Sort by relevance, installations, ratings, last updated</li>
<li>Sort by usability scores and health metrics</li>
<li>Maintains search context during filtering</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Modern UI Design</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Clean, professional interface that integrates with WordPress admin</li>
<li>Responsive design that works on all screen sizes</li>
<li>Non-intrusive enhancement of existing WordPress functionality</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Who This Is For</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>WordPress Administrators</strong> who need to find high-quality plugins quickly</li>
<li><strong>Developers</strong> who want to assess plugin maintenance and compatibility</li>
<li><strong>Site Owners</strong> who prioritize security and plugin quality</li>
<li><strong>Anyone</strong> who installs WordPress plugins and wants better filtering tools</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<p>The plugin adds a filter bar to the WordPress plugin installer page (Plugins > Add New) that appears only when you want to use advanced filtering. It never interferes with the default WordPress search functionality.</p>
<ol>
<li>Go to Plugins > Add New in your WordPress admin</li>
<li>Use the enhanced filter controls that appear</li>
<li>Apply filters to see results with colored status indicators</li>
<li>Install plugins with confidence using the visual quality indicators</li>
</ol>
<h4>Technical Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Integrates with WordPress.org Plugin API</li>
<li>Calculates plugin health scores based on multiple factors</li>
<li>Provides real-time WordPress version compatibility checking</li>
<li>Uses semantic versioning for accurate compatibility assessment</li>
<li>Maintains WordPress coding standards and security best practices</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to external services to provide enhanced plugin directory functionality. Users should be aware of the following third-party service usage:</p>
<p><strong>WordPress.org Plugin Directory API</strong></p>
<p><strong>What the service is and what it is used for:</strong><br />
This plugin uses the official WordPress.org Plugin Directory API to retrieve plugin information including metadata, ratings, installation counts, update history, and compatibility data. This is necessary to provide the enhanced filtering, sorting, and quality assessment features.</p>
<p><strong>What data is sent and when:</strong><br />
– <strong>Data sent:</strong> Search terms entered by the user, filter parameters (installation count filters, rating filters, update timeframe filters), and pagination requests<br />
– <strong>When sent:</strong> Every time a user performs a search in the WordPress admin plugin installer (Plugins > Add New) or applies filters<br />
– <strong>Frequency:</strong> Real-time API calls when users interact with the enhanced plugin installer interface<br />
– <strong>Personal data:</strong> No personal information, user data, or site data is transmitted – only search queries and filter criteria</p>
<p><strong>Service provider and legal information:</strong><br />
– <strong>Service provider:</strong> WordPress.org (operated by the WordPress Foundation)<br />
– <strong>API Endpoint:</strong> https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/info/1.2/<br />
– <strong>Privacy Policy:</strong> https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/<br />
– <strong>Terms of Use:</strong> https://wordpress.org/about/gpl/</p>
<p><strong>Important notes:</strong><br />
– This is the official WordPress.org API used by WordPress core and many legitimate plugins<br />
– No personal data is collected, stored, or transmitted by this plugin<br />
– API calls are made directly from the user’s browser to WordPress.org servers<br />
– The plugin does not store any data from API responses permanently</p>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
<p>This plugin does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data. It only makes API calls to the public WordPress.org Plugin Directory API to retrieve plugin information. No user data is tracked or stored.</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, feature requests, or bug reports, please visit:<br />
– Plugin website: https://wppd-filters.terryarthur.com<br />
– Author website: https://terryarthur.com<br />
– WordPress.org support forum</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>Developed by Terry Arthur with a focus on enhancing the WordPress admin experience while maintaining compatibility and security standards.</p>


WPPD Filters

Enhances WordPress admin plugin search installer with advanced filtering, sorting, and rating capabilities.

David Decker

deckerweb

wpautobahn

<blockquote>
<h4>Cleaner Start Page for “Add Plugins” (Installer)</h4>
<p>A LARGE search box to find plugins for installing more easily and way faster.</p>
<p>No clutter. The regular content of the “Featured” tab was removed: not the 6 same old plugin cards cards any longer and no useless tag cloud anymore!</p>
<p>Plus: set the number of displayed plugin cards per page via “Screen Options” tab (on top right corner).</p>
</blockquote>
<h4>Scratching My Own Itch</h4>
<p>As of WordPress 4.0+, going to “Add Plugins” page and being welcomed by always the same old 6 featured plugin cards annoyed me big time! So I thought on how to change this default behavior. Due to WordPress’ genius Hooks & Filter functionality I could easily tweak this via my plugin.</p>
<p>Now it starts with what should have been the default (in my opinion) from the beginning: a large and nice plugin search box – because that’s what I do all the day :). Side benefit: better performance as no external plugin card content has to be loaded!</p>
<p><em>And there you have it, a one-purpose admin helper plugin aiming at (super) administrators and webmasters searching for and installing plugins from WordPress.org repository on a daily basis.</em></p>
<h4>Video of Plugin Walkthrough plus Demo:</h4>
<p><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fD42vNhuArA?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD42vNhuArA" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>original video link:</strong> <em>Screencast by plugin developer David Decker</em></a></p>
<h4>Benefits & Advantages</h4>
<ul>
<li>Cleaner, more easy, more useful!</li>
<li>Improved performance of <code>plugin-install.php</code> admin start page!</li>
<li>Additional curated topics with list of plugin tags (from WordPress.org) for lots of use cases etc.</li>
<li>Additional basic integration of <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpcore/" rel="ugc">“WPCore Plugin Manager”</a> base plugin and service, as well as “WP Favs”.</li>
<li>Added “Screen Options” tab (on top right corner) to <em>set number of plugin cards per page</em> on a per user basis.</li>
<li>Tweaked “ZIP Uploader page” – larger file upload field, plus bigger button.</li>
<li>Search field and plugins number integration for “At a Glance” and “Right Now” (Multisite) Dashboard widgets.</li>
<li>Optional “Slim Mode” to hide various help texts etc. from the plugin – for power users (see bottom of <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/cleaner-plugin-installer/faq/" title="See in FAQ section for more info ..." rel="ugc">FAQ page</a>).</li>
<li>Highly extensible: Additional hooks and filters in place so you could easily tweak my plugin’s output (or add, or remove) if ever needed 🙂</li>
<li>Lightweight, simple one-purpose plugin. Loads only within <code>/wp-admin/</code> when and where needed.</li>
<li>Fully embracing Multisite Network modus, yeah!</li>
<li>Fully translateable!</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>WordPress version 4.0 or higher!</li>
<li>At least capability of <code>install_plugins</code> for your user role (to access the plugin installer page)!</li>
</ul>
<h4>Translations: Internationalization (i18n) / Localization (L10n)</h4>
<ul>
<li>English (default) – always included</li>
<li>German (de_DE) – always included</li>
<li>.pot file (<code>cleaner-plugin-installer.pot</code>) for translators is also always included 🙂</li>
<li>Easy plugin translation platform with GlotPress tool: <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/cleaner-plugin-installer" rel="nofollow ugc">Translate “Cleaner Plugin Installer”…</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Feedback</h4>
<ul>
<li>I am open for your suggestions and feedback – Thank you for using or trying out one of my plugins!</li>
<li>Drop me a line <a href="https://twitter.com/deckerweb" rel="nofollow ugc">@deckerweb</a> on Twitter</li>
<li>Or follow me on <a href="https://plus.google.com/+DavidDecker/posts" rel="nofollow ugc">+David Decker</a> on Google Plus 😉</li>
</ul>
<h4>This Plugin…</h4>
<ul>
<li>…is <em>Quality Made in Germany</em></li>
<li>…was created with love (plus some coffee) on an <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop" rel="nofollow ugc">Ubuntu Linux</a> powered machine 🙂</li>
</ul>
<h4>More</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://genesisthemes.de/en/wp-plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">Also see my other plugins</a> or see <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/daveshine/" rel="nofollow ugc">my WordPress.org profile page</a></li>
<li>Tip: <a href="http://genesisfinder.com/" rel="nofollow ugc"><em>GenesisFinder</em> – Find then create. Your Genesis Framework Search Engine.</a></li>
<li>Hey, come & join the <a href="http://ddwb.me/genesiscommunity" rel="nofollow ugc"><em>Genesis Community on Google+</em> 🙂</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Plugin Links</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/cleaner-plugin-installer" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress.org Translations Platform</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cleaner-plugin-installer" rel="ugc">User support forums</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gist.github.com/deckerweb/8e3bc0a1d62a096695db" rel="nofollow ugc">Code snippets archive for customizing, GitHub Gist</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Donate</h3>
<p>Enjoy using <em>Cleaner Plugin Installer</em>? Please consider <a href="https://www.paypal.me/deckerweb" rel="nofollow ugc">making a small donation</a> to support the project’s continued development.</p>
<h3>Translations</h3>
<ul>
<li>English – default, always included</li>
<li>German (de_DE): Deutsch – immer dabei! <a href="http://deckerweb.de/material/sprachdateien/wordpress-plugins/#cleaner-plugin-installer" rel="nofollow ugc">Download auch via deckerweb.de</a></li>
<li>For custom and update-secure language files please upload them to <code>/wp-content/languages/cleaner-plugin-installer/</code> (just create this folder) – This enables you to use fully custom translations that won’t be overridden on plugin updates. Also, complete custom English wording is possible with that as well, just use a language file like <code>cleaner-plugin-installer-en_US.mo/.po</code> to achieve that.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Easy plugin translation platform with GlotPress tool:</strong> <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/cleaner-plugin-installer" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Translate “Cleaner Plugin Installer”…</strong></a></p>
<p><em>Note:</em> All my plugins are internationalized/ translateable by default. This is very important for all users worldwide. So please contribute your language to the plugin to make it even more useful. For translating and validating I recommend the <a href="http://www.poedit.net/" rel="nofollow ugc">“Poedit Editor”</a>, which works fine on Windows, Mac and Linux.</p>
<h3>Idea Behind / Philosophy</h3>
<p>As of WordPress 4.0+ the new plugin installer start page was annoying me. By scratching my own itch here I came up with this plugin ;-). I hope you enjoy it as much as I do :).</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/bradyvercher" rel="nofollow ugc">Brady Vercher</a> of <a href="http://www.blazersix.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Blaser Six, Inc.</a> for contributing the “Screen Options” code for the “Topics” tab – Thank you, Brady!</li>
<li>Plugin user <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/pixolin" rel="nofollow ugc">Mario Bego Garde a.k.a. “pixolin”</a> for helpful feedback to make the plugin even better – Thank you, Bego!</li>
<li>All users and testers of the plugin, especially all <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/cleaner-plugin-installer?filter=5" rel="ugc">5-star reviewers</a> – you guys rock!</li>
<li>Thanks to WordPress Core for the awesome Hooks & Filters system! 🙂</li>
<li>Thanks to the “Dashicon” (font icon) creators, so I could make the appearance a tiny little bit friendlier.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Last but not least</h3>
<p><strong>Special Thanks go out to my family for allowing me to do such spare time projects (aka free plugins) and supporting me in every possible way!</strong></p>
<h4>My Other Plugins</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connect-polylang-elementor/" rel="ugc"><strong>Toolbar Extras for Elementor – WordPress Admin Bar Enhanced</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/builder-template-categories/" rel="ugc"><strong>Builder Template Categories – for WordPress Page Builders</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/connect-polylang-elementor/" rel="ugc"><strong>Polylang Connect for Elementor – Language Switcher & Template Tweaks</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdr-simple-downloads/" rel="ugc"><strong>Simple Download Manager for WP Document Revisions</strong></a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-whats-new-info/" rel="ugc">Genesis What’s New Info</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-layout-extras/" rel="ugc">Genesis Layout Extras</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-widgetized-notfound/" rel="ugc">Genesis Widgetized Not Found & 404</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-widgetized-footer/" rel="ugc">Genesis Widgetized Footer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-widgetized-archive/" rel="ugc">Genesis Widgetized Archive</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-toolbar-additions/" rel="ugc">Multisite Toolbar Additions</a></li>
</ul>


Cleaner Plugin Installer

A more convenient presentation if you install a lot of plugins. Far better than the default one.



Very handy

Simplified & more useful Plugin Install page, replacing Featured tab with bigger search. Additional Topics tab with curated topic tag list.

WPPD Filters vs Cleaner Plugin Installer