Great replacement for the default plugin installer

Do you belong to those that feel confused by the new appearance of the built in plugin installer of WordPress 4.0? Do you wonder how you could get rid of those featured plugins and have a simple yet efficient search form instead? Well, this plugin may be the solution for you:

Cleaner Plugin Installer removes the featured images and replaces it with a search form you simply can’t miss. It lets you easily select between Keyword, Author and Tag to find what you need. But if you think, this already is cool, it comes even better: The plugin adds tabs that easily let you search for plugins by topic or even create your own plugin collection.

As you shouldn’t judge a book just by it’s cover I also looked into the code. You find a readme file that explains the purpose of the plugin. The code is very well commented which makes it easy to understand the code. I met David Decker, author of “Cleaner Plugin Installer” only briefly on a WordCamp but knew he has a good reputation in the German WordPress Community. After looking into this plugin, I understand why.