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paulalexandru
paulalexandru

Reputation: 9530

Link between wordpress plugin directory and wpackagist.org

Is there any link between wordpress plugins and the packages found on wpackagist.org because if I use the search box writing the name of the plugin, I won't find anything? The seach seem to be case sensitive and sometimes I can't find what I need even if I don't write the full name.

For example if I want to install YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search I expected a button on this page which links to the package found on wpackagist.org or something similar.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 104

Answers (2)

paulalexandru
paulalexandru

Reputation: 9530

Finally after many searches I managed to find the link between the wordpress plugin directory and wpackagist.org.

Each wordpress theme and plugin has a unique slug. You can use that slug to search theme/plugin on wpackagist.org.

You can find the slug of the plugin/theme directly in the url of the page. So for example if you want to find the slug of:

Black Studio TinyMCE Widget (Plugin)
Url  => https://wordpress.org/plugins/black-studio-tinymce-widget/
Slug => black-studio-tinymce-widget

MH Magazine lite (Theme)
Url  => https://wordpress.org/themes/mh-magazine-lite/
Slug => mh-magazine-lite

After this you can search on wpackagist.org using this slugs and you will get the proper result.

Upvotes: 0

alcohol
alcohol

Reputation: 24126

There does not seem to be a direct link available. Nor can you copy-paste the name from one to the other to search.

For example, it seems that the YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search plugin can be found if you search for 'yith-woocommerce' on wpackagist (or 'yith-woocommerce-ajax-search' more specifically).

Searching for the packages on wpackagist using just bare words (e.g. 'yith woocommerce') seems to yield no results unfortunately.

The install page on the wordpress plugin directory for this particular plugin unfortunately only documents how to install from a zip archive.

Upvotes: 0

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