Free plugins don't show up in Plugins → Add New Plugin on Calypso view

[janmckell]

Context and steps to reproduce

Free plugins are not showing up on the 'Plugins' → 'Add New Plugins' page when the dashboard is set to 'Default Style'. When it is set to 'Classic Style' the user can search and find any plugin.

Testing Instructions:

I tested this unproxied, but I'm not sure if it has any impact in this behavior.

Navigate to https://wordpress.com/start.
Create a new site with the Business plan.
Activate Hosting, at Sites → ..the site.. → 'Settings'
Check that the site is set to Default, via Settings → General
Navigate to the WP Admin > Plugins (Add New)
Try to find a free plugin. The plugins are a limited batch and when you enter a search, the plugin you actually searched for still doesn't show.

Then, switch to Classic via Settings → General
Navigate to the WP Admin > Plugins (Add New)
Try to find a free plugin. When you enter a search, the plugin you actually searched for will show

Default style:
Plugins → Add New Plugin

Classic style:
Plugins → Add New Plugin

Site owner impact

Fewer than 20% of the total website/platform users

Severity

Moderate

What other impact(s) does this issue have?

Platform revenue

If a workaround is available, please outline it here.

No response

Platform

Atomic

[janmckell]

@Automattic/bespin Is this still your area, can you take a look into this ?

[gcsecsey]

I couldn't reproduce this issue. I tried searching for sensei, jetpack, and bbpress, but I can consistently find the respective plugin on both views.

@janmckell in the steps above, were you looking for the free plugin Sensei LMS? On the first picture, it shows as the second result:

It has the same title, description, and reviews as the first result in the classic view. However, the thumbnails on the pictures are different because Sensei has an animated thumbnail.