GitHub is a hosting platform that hosts the coding form developers. Many developers chose the GitHub for publishing their WordPress Plugin rather than WordPress official site. GitHub give this opportunity to host your website for your WordPress Plugin that is completely free. These WordPress Plugin are distributed from top level repository.
GitHub is like a haven for a developer. There are bundles of project including WordPress Plugins that are hosted in it. GitHub are not able to supply the accurate search result for WordPress Plugin.
GitHub Plugin search
GitHub Plugin Search is a Plugin that develop by Paul Clark. This Plugin will help to search GitHub WordPress Plugins and install in your WordPress through GitHub. This Plugin use to integrate the GitHub Search API and WordPress Installer API.
How to install GitHub Plugin Search in WordPress
1. Go to GitHub Plugin Search
2. Download the Plugin file from Download Zip button.
3. Now install the Plugin in WordPress manually.
4. Then , complete the Plugin installation successfully and activate this Plugin.
Once the Plugin install , you can search the Plugin and add new plugin as usual. Now you can search the GitHub WordPress Plugins with version , Authors , Plugin name and description through Plugin > New option.
When you search Plugins , the search result look like below screen-
Now you can install thousand of GitHub WordPress Plugins as usual.
Conclusion
It increase the experience of enhancement with WordPress Plugins. New and fresh WordPress Plugins can be installed in your WordPress through GitHub.