Reduce clutter and repetive functionality from the initial landing page for installing plugins and themes by removing the tag/author/term dropdown.

The tag cloud (plugins) and feature filter (themes) is sufficient for tag functionality. All three "search by" fields are already weighted for a standard keyword search through the WP.org API.

fixes #19619 for 3.4.



git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@20592 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82

wp-admin/includes/class-wp-plugin-install-list-table.php

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class WP_Plugin_Install_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 						break;
 				}
 
-				add_action( 'install_plugins_table_header', 'install_search_form' );
+				add_action( 'install_plugins_table_header', 'install_search_form', 10, 0 );
 				break;
 
 			case 'featured':

wp-admin/includes/class-wp-theme-install-list-table.php

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class WP_Theme_Install_List_Table extends WP_Themes_List_Table {
 					$_REQUEST['type'] = 'tag';
 				}
 
-				add_action( 'install_themes_table_header', 'install_theme_search_form' );
+				add_action( 'install_themes_table_header', 'install_theme_search_form', 10, 0 );
 				break;
 
 			case 'featured':

wp-admin/includes/plugin-install.php

@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ function install_dashboard() {
 	<p><?php printf( __( 'Plugins extend and expand the functionality of WordPress. You may automatically install plugins from the <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/">WordPress Plugin Directory</a> or upload a plugin in .zip format via <a href="%s">this page</a>.' ), self_admin_url( 'plugin-install.php?tab=upload' ) ); ?></p>
 
 	<h4><?php _e('Search') ?></h4>
-	<p class="install-help"><?php _e('Search for plugins by keyword, author, or tag.') ?></p>
+	<?php install_search_form( false ); ?>
-	<?php install_search_form(); ?>
 
 	<h4><?php _e('Popular tags') ?></h4>
 	<p class="install-help"><?php _e('You may also browse based on the most popular tags in the Plugin Directory:') ?></p>
@@ -116,17 +115,19 @@ add_action('install_plugins_dashboard', 'install_dashboard');
  *
  * @since 2.7.0
  */
-function install_search_form(){
+function install_search_form( $type_selector = true ) {
 	$type = isset($_REQUEST['type']) ? stripslashes( $_REQUEST['type'] ) : '';
 	$term = isset($_REQUEST['s']) ? stripslashes( $_REQUEST['s'] ) : '';
 
 	?><form id="search-plugins" method="get" action="">
 		<input type="hidden" name="tab" value="search" />
+		<?php if ( $type_selector ) : ?>
 		<select name="type" id="typeselector">
 			<option value="term"<?php selected('term', $type) ?>><?php _e('Keyword'); ?></option>
 			<option value="author"<?php selected('author', $type) ?>><?php _e('Author'); ?></option>
 			<option value="tag"<?php selected('tag', $type) ?>><?php _ex('Tag', 'Plugin Installer'); ?></option>
 		</select>
+		<?php endif; ?>
 		<input type="search" name="s" value="<?php echo esc_attr($term) ?>" />
 		<label class="screen-reader-text" for="plugin-search-input"><?php _e('Search Plugins'); ?></label>
 		<?php submit_button( __( 'Search Plugins' ), 'button', 'plugin-search-input', false ); ?>

wp-admin/includes/theme-install.php

@@ -49,19 +49,21 @@ function install_themes_feature_list( ) {
  *
  * @since 2.8.0
  */
-function install_theme_search_form() {
+function install_theme_search_form( $type_selector = true ) {
 	$type = isset( $_REQUEST['type'] ) ? stripslashes( $_REQUEST['type'] ) : '';
 	$term = isset( $_REQUEST['s'] ) ? stripslashes( $_REQUEST['s'] ) : '';
+	if ( ! $type_selector )
+		echo '<p class="install-help">' . __( 'Search for themes by keyword.' ) . '</p>';
 	?>
-<p class="install-help"><?php _e('Search for themes by keyword, author, or tag.') ?></p>
-
 <form id="search-themes" method="get" action="">
 	<input type="hidden" name="tab" value="search" />
+	<?php if ( $type_selector ) : ?>
 	<select	name="type" id="typeselector">
 	<option value="term" <?php selected('term', $type) ?>><?php _e('Keyword'); ?></option>
 	<option value="author" <?php selected('author', $type) ?>><?php _e('Author'); ?></option>
 	<option value="tag" <?php selected('tag', $type) ?>><?php _ex('Tag', 'Theme Installer'); ?></option>
 	</select>
+	<?php endif; ?>
 	<input type="search" name="s" size="30" value="<?php echo esc_attr($term) ?>" />
 	<?php submit_button( __( 'Search' ), 'button', 'search', false ); ?>
 </form>
@@ -74,10 +76,10 @@ function install_theme_search_form() {
  * @since 2.8.0
  */
 function install_themes_dashboard() {
-	install_theme_search_form();
+	install_theme_search_form( false );
 ?>
 <h4><?php _e('Feature Filter') ?></h4>
-<p class="install-help"><?php _e('Find a theme based on specific features') ?></p>
+<p class="install-help"><?php _e( 'Find a theme based on specific features.' ); ?></p>
 
 <form method="get" action="">
 	<input type="hidden" name="tab" value="search" />