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Handles searching plugins via AJAX.

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function wp_ajax_search_plugins() {	check_ajax_referer( 'updates' );	// Ensure after_plugin_row_{$plugin_file} gets hooked.	wp_plugin_update_rows();	$pagenow = isset( $_POST['pagenow'] ) ? sanitize_key( $_POST['pagenow'] ) : '';	if ( 'plugins-network' === $pagenow || 'plugins' === $pagenow ) {	set_current_screen( $pagenow );	}	/** @var WP_Plugins_List_Table $wp_list_table */	$wp_list_table = _get_list_table(	'WP_Plugins_List_Table',	array(	'screen' => get_current_screen(),	)	);	$status = array();	if ( ! $wp_list_table->ajax_user_can() ) {	$status['errorMessage'] = __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to manage plugins for this site.' );	wp_send_json_error( $status );	}	// Set the correct requester, so pagination works.	$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = add_query_arg(	array_diff_key(	$_POST,	array(	'_ajax_nonce' => null,	'action' => null,	)	),	network_admin_url( 'plugins.php', 'relative' )	);	$GLOBALS['s'] = wp_unslash( $_POST['s'] );	$wp_list_table->prepare_items();	ob_start();	$wp_list_table->display();	$status['count'] = count( $wp_list_table->items );	$status['items'] = ob_get_clean();	wp_send_json_success( $status ); }

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set_current_screen()wp-admin/includes/screen.php

Set the current screen object

get_current_screen()wp-admin/includes/screen.php

Get the current screen object

WP_List_Table::display()wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php

Displays the table.

WP_List_Table::ajax_user_can()wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php

Checks the current user’s permissions

WP_List_Table::prepare_items()wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php

Prepares the list of items for displaying.

wp_plugin_update_rows()wp-admin/includes/update.php

Adds a callback to display update information for plugins with updates available.

_get_list_table()wp-admin/includes/list-table.php

Fetches an instance of a WP_List_Table class.

network_admin_url()wp-includes/link-template.php

Retrieves the URL to the admin area for the network.

wp_unslash()wp-includes/formatting.php

Removes slashes from a string or recursively removes slashes from strings within an array.

sanitize_key()wp-includes/formatting.php

Sanitizes a string key.

check_ajax_referer()wp-includes/pluggable.php

Verifies the Ajax request to prevent processing requests external of the blog.

wp_send_json_error()wp-includes/functions.php

Sends a JSON response back to an Ajax request, indicating failure.

wp_send_json_success()wp-includes/functions.php

Sends a JSON response back to an Ajax request, indicating success.

add_query_arg()wp-includes/functions.php

Retrieves a modified URL query string.

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4.6.0Introduced.

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