Display plugins text for the WordPress news widget.

function wp_dashboard_plugins_output( $rss, $args = array() ) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.8.0' );

	// Plugin feeds plus link to install them.
	$popular = fetch_feed( $args['url']['popular'] );

	if ( false === $plugin_slugs = get_transient( 'plugin_slugs' ) ) {
		$plugin_slugs = array_keys( get_plugins() );
		set_transient( 'plugin_slugs', $plugin_slugs, DAY_IN_SECONDS );
	}

	echo '

‘;

foreach ( array( $popular ) as $feed ) {
if ( is_wp_error( $feed ) || ! $feed->get_item_quantity() )
continue;

$items = $feed->get_items(0, 5);

// Pick a random, non-installed plugin.
while ( true ) {
// Abort this foreach loop iteration if there’s no plugins left of this type.
if ( 0 === count($items) )
continue 2;

$item_key = array_rand($items);
$item = $items[$item_key];

list($link, $frag) = explode( ‘#’, $item->get_link() );

$link = esc_url($link);
if ( preg_match( ‘|/([^/]+?)/?$|’, $link, $matches ) )
$slug = $matches[1];
else {
unset( $items[$item_key] );
continue;
}

// Is this random plugin’s slug already installed? If so, try again.
reset( $plugin_slugs );
foreach ( $plugin_slugs as $plugin_slug ) {
if ( $slug == substr( $plugin_slug, 0, strlen( $slug ) ) ) {
unset( $items[$item_key] );
continue 2;
}
}

// If we get to this point, then the random plugin isn’t installed and we can stop the while().
break;
}

// Eliminate some common badly formed plugin descriptions.
while ( ( null !== $item_key = array_rand($items) ) && false !== strpos( $items[$item_key]->get_description(), ‘Plugin Name:’ ) )
unset($items[$item_key]);

if ( !isset($items[$item_key]) )
continue;

$raw_title = $item->get_title();

$ilink = wp_nonce_url(‘plugin-install.php?tab=plugin-information&plugin=’ . $slug, ‘install-plugin_’ . $slug) . ‘&TB_iframe=true&width=600&height=800’;
echo ‘

• ‘ . __( ‘Popular Plugin’ ) . ‘: ‘ . esc_html( $raw_title ) .
  ‘ (‘ . __( ‘Install’ ) . ‘)

‘;

$feed->__destruct();
unset( $feed );
}

echo ‘

‘;
}