Cleaner Plugin Installer - ChoosePlugin.com

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

Author:	David Decker - DECKERWEB (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:	4.0
WordPress version tested:	5.1
Plugin version:	1.4.0
Added to WordPress repository:	08-10-2014
Last updated:	22-02-2019 Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
Rating, %:	94
Rated by:	10
Plugin URI:	https://github.com/deckerweb/cleaner-plugin-i...
Total downloads:	13 697
Active installs:	200+
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FAQ

Does this plugin replace the built-in “Featured” tab?

Yes, but only its content! The page query parameter ?tab=featured was left untouched! This way all works as before, if you access the plugin-install.php admin page, but you’ll be welcomed with a big search input field.

What’s the benefit of this curated Topics list with plugin tags?

In my opinion this helps to find specific plugins (within certain areas, topics, use cases…) a lot faster – via your admin area. For example, clicking on “TinyMCE” will list you all plugin cards tagged (by their authors) with “tinymce”.

The original built-in plugin tag cloud is way to generic, so I removed it.

Note: Manually curated tag lists for a lot of plugin types, use cases and popular plugin solutions. Listing here maintained by David Decker (plugin author of “Cleaner Plugin Installer”). Tag itself are from plugin’s readme header.

Why the Collections tab for “WPCore”?

Glad you asked :). This is a bit more experimental, I guess. However, in my opinion, the WPCore plugin and service are incredible useful, so I thought of some basic integration. This could help to jump faster to WPCore functionality if the service is already active. If it is not active yet, users are informed about it and can install and register for it super fast. This may help users get aware of an alternative for collecting & managing their favorite plugins – and bulk installing them on any installation.

Disclaimer: “I am NOT affiliated with ‘WPCore’ in any way, other than that, being a normal user of their service & plugin. ‘WPCore’ is a community effort aiming to make some things a bit easier for a lot of administrators and webmasters.” —David Decker, author of “Cleaner Plugin Installer” plugin

Why the additional “Newest” tab?

I think it is really useful to easily check for the newest additions on WordPress.org plugin repository without leaving your admin area. Also great for test installations to just install a brand new plugin and try it out! 🙂

Can I suggest new topics and tags for the “Topics” tab?

Absolutely! Just open a new thread in the support forum here and let us know your feedback! Thank you!

How can I remove the “Collections” tab?

This is easily possible with a little code snippet added to a functionality plugin, snippet manager or to your theme’s/ child theme’s functions.php:

add_filter( 'install_plugins_tabs', 'custom_cpi_plugin_installer_tabs_tweaks', 15, 1 );
/**
 * Plugin: Cleaner Plugin Installer
 * Remove "Collections" tab.
 *
 * @param  array $tabs
 *
 * @return array Array of (tweaked) plugin installer tabs.
 */
function custom_cpi_plugin_installer_tabs_tweaks( $tabs ) {

    unset( $tabs[ 'collections' ] );

    return $tabs;

}  // end function

—> Note: I only recommend using a custom functionality plugin, or snippets manager plugins like “Code Snippets” or “Toolbox”. — Customizing your functions.php is always dangerous and at your own risk! You may experience a crashed site plus lots of trouble when changing your theme/ child theme afterwards. Also, any generic admin functionality has no place in your theme!

How can I remove the “Topics” tab?

Possible, via the above code for “Collections” tab: you only have to add the following line after the first “unset” line (or replace this line with that):

    unset( $tabs[ 'topics' ] );

What does the “Slim Mode” do?

For power users this is to remove/ hide the following things:

Remove help texts on the “Start: Search” tab
Remove help texts on the “Topics” tab
Remove the “Collections” tab completely
Remove the help texts on the “Uploader” page
Remove the notice on the Multisite plugins installer page
Remove the plugins counter entry on the Dashboard widget

How do I activate the “Slim Mode”?

That is relatively easy, just add the following code snippet to your wp-config.php file or a functionality plugin:

/**
 * Plugin: Cleaner Plugin Installer - activate Slim Mode.
 */
if ( ! defined( 'CPI_SLIM_MODE' ) ) {
    define( 'CPI_SLIM_MODE', TRUE );
}

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ChangeLog

1.4.0 (2016-09-12)

NEW: Finally, added the “Recommended” tab to the installer toolbar (was originally introduced with WP 4.2, yes I know…!)
UPDATE: Fixed search functionality for starting page of the installer — it’s not the most ideal fix but as of now it’s working again, which matters. (Backstory: in WP 4.6 they introduced Ajaxified installer behavior for the search function and we cannot easily modify it, sadly!)
UPDATE: Re-added the original search form (top right in the installer toolbar) for all installer tabs except the starting page – reason: makes more sense to have search field always visible. I made the change based on my own usage and behavior and I guess it fits better overall…! 🙂
UPDATE: Removed the plugin search functionality from the Dashboard widget for WordPress versions 4.6 or higher (due to the changes in WP 4.6+, sadly).
UPDATE: Updated German translations and also the .pot file for all translators.

1.3.0 (2014-11-02)

NEW: Now also supporting “WPFavs.com” bulk plugin installer service (GPL plugin at WordPress.org) – in addition to “WPCore.com”.
NEW: Added support for plugin “Upload Larger Plugins” (free, by David Anderson), regarding our tweaked uploader page (which will hide gracefully once this other plugin is active).
NEW: Added plugin search field to “At a Glance” Dashboard widget – comes in really handy :-).
NEW: Also added plugin search field to “Right Now” Dashboard widget in Multisite’s Network admin.
NEW: Added links and counters for active and total installed plugins to “At a Glance”/ “Right Now” Dashboard widgets – great for admins to get a first overview plugin-wise :).
NEW: Added (current) version number of plugins to plugin card overview.
NEW: Added “Slim Mode” to the plugin; to be activated via constant – it removes/ hides a few help texts etc. for power users see FAQ section here for more info on that, and how to activate!
UPDATE: Moved all visual arrows over to CSS! This also means simplified and improved RTL languages support in removing all PHP-tweaking from RTL-related things (beyond the stylesheet loading).
UPDATE: Added Dashicon icon to our own Help Tab section link to make clear this is additional and not for Core help texts.
CODE: Added $page = 1 to all our tab functions to be 100% compliant with WordPress Core functions expecting this.
CODE: More refinements, fixed PHP notices, minor enhancements, code documentation.
UPDATE: Added 3 new screenshots.
UPDATE: Updated and improved readme.txt file here.
UPDATE: Updated German translations and also the .pot file for all translators.

1.2.2 (2014-10-29)

UPDATE: Fix “Topics” tab screen options display correctly in Multisite.

1.2.1 (2014-10-29)

NEW: Added new “Screen Option” to the “Topics” tab for setting the search type to “keyword”: that means, the linked tag lists will trigger a search for the keyword (“term”) instead of the “tag” search. This might bring other/ better/ whatever different search results. It’s a per user setting. — Mad props to Brady Vercher of Blaser Six, Inc. for contributing the core code for this feature!
NEW: Added a few subtle CSS tweaks to the Thickbox modal window when opening a plugin card (details view). So hopefully you’ll find that “install button” a bit better and faster now, and maybe like the donate link better :-).
UPDATE: Make the plugin cards per page setting also available for the optional “Beta Testing” tab.
UPDATE: Various small improvements, mostly regarding, code organization, (inline) code documentation and readme.txt file.
UPDATE: Updated German translations and also the .pot file for all translators.

1.2.0 (2014-10-27)

NEW: Bring back the submit button for the original search bar in the toolbar (only visible when performing a search).
UPDATE: Tweaked the large search form on the “Start: Search” tab even more: now fully mobile optimized as well – smoother overall performance :).
NEW: Added 2 new curated topic tags to the “Topics” tab.
NEW: Added compatibility plus basic styling for RTL languages (Right-To-Left direction languages).
UPDATE: Further mobile optimizations.
UPDATE: In the plugin overhauled some description texts to be more precise.
UPDATE: Updated German translations and also the .pot file for all translators.

1.1.0 (2014-10-23)

NEW: Tweaked the Plugin ZIP Uploader page! Larger file input field (or drag a file in…), bigger and nicer button. All more clear and logical – as one would expect it (hopefully)!
NEW: Added 10 new curated topic tags to the “Topics” tab.
NEW: Only for German locales: added 4 new curated topic tags to the “Topics” tab.
NEW: Added little admin notice on Network admin plugin installer pages to make it clearer it’s the Network installer (only for Multisite of course!).
NEW: Made search type (term, tag, author) tweakable, so it’s possible from now on to filter the search type for the default or your own custom topic lists!
NEW: Added :hover styling for any instance showing “plugin cards” – this way you can better visually distinguish those cards!
NEW: All markup and CSS way better optimized for smaller displays and mobile usage.
UPDATE: Topics listing now in 2 column view for regular displays.
UPDATE: Some more smaller CSS tweaks here and there.
UPDATE: Various small improvements, mostly regarding, code organization, (inline) code documentation and readme.txt file.
UPDATE: Updated German translations and also the .pot file for all translators.

1.0.3 (2014-10-20)

UPDATE: Fixed and improved the per page setting for the number of plugin cards, now working (better) with all supported tabs.
NEW: Added 12 new curated topic tags to the “Topics” tab.
UPDATE: Various small improvements, mostly regarding (inline) documentation and readme.txt file.
CODE: Switched linked topic tags to “slug” linking internally.
UPDATE: Updated German translations and also the .pot file for all translators.

1.0.2 (2014-10-09)

UPDATE: Fixed debug notice on “Topics” tab, plus internal improvements.
UPDATE: Fixed markup issue on “Collections” tab.
UPDATE: Readme here, another FAQ entry, plus added video walkthrough & demo :).
UPDATE: Updated German translations and also the .pot file for all translators.

1.0.1 (2014-10-09)

UPDATE: Improved Multisite compatibility for “Plugin Cards per page” screen options setting.
UPDATE: Various small improvements, mostly regarding (inline) documentation and readme.txt file.

1.0.0 (2014-10-09)

Initial release

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