In reply to hnla.

Author doesn't tell me anything. I have a few plugins in my favourites. If we could favourite plugin developers and see what they have new/ updated that would be useful.

Active installs doesn't mean much to me. I like trying a new plugin before it gets noticed by a lot of people. If it works out that's pretty fabulous and I can watch it evolve. There are gems which don't get noticed and don't have a lot of installs.

The main things I want to know about a plugin are features which are free versus the premium version. (I have bought plugins but it bugs me to find a free version is just a useless promotion for the premium plugin). Also, I want to know when the plugin was last updated.

I'd like to search by phrase and have the option to refine the search by freshest update.