{"id":221838,"date":"2025-02-15T06:32:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T06:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/category-search-explorer\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T06:34:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T06:34:21","slug":"category-search-explorer","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/azb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/category-search-explorer\/","author":21035542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","version":"1.0.0","stable_tag":"1.0.0","tested":"6.7.5","requires":"5.0","requires_php":"7.2","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"Category Search Explorer","header_author":"Sirajum Mahdi","header_description":"Category Search Explorer brings advanced search capabilities to all your WordPress categories and taxonomies.","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2025-02-15 06:34:21","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"","header_plugin_uri":"","header_author_uri":"https:\/\/sirajummahdi.com","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":0,"downloads":442,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":{"1.0.0":{"tag":"1.0.0","author":"sirajummahdi","date":"2025-02-15 06:34:21"}},"upgrade_notice":{"1.0.0":"<p>Initial release<\/p>"},"ratings":[],"assets_icons":{"icon-256x256.png":{"filename":"icon-256x256.png","revision":3241429,"resolution":"256x256","location":"assets","locale":""}},"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.0.0"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[],"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[610,3545,92,609,286],"plugin_category":[45,57],"plugin_contributors":[238357],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-221838","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-categories","plugin_tags-category-search","plugin_tags-custom-taxonomy","plugin_tags-tags","plugin_tags-woocommerce","plugin_category-ecommerce","plugin_category-taxonomy","plugin_contributors-sirajummahdi","plugin_committers-sirajummahdi"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/category-search-explorer\/assets\/icon-256x256.png?rev=3241429","icon_2x":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/category-search-explorer\/assets\/icon-256x256.png?rev=3241429","generated":false},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<p>Category Search Explorer brings advanced search capabilities to all your WordPress categories and taxonomies. 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