How to find a specific plugin

How do I find a plugin.

For example I am looking for PermissionsEx-Sponge.jar and many more based on my needs, however, when I do a search on the forums I cannot really find what I am looking for.

How are you all searching to find the “downloads” for various plugins?

Well, it depends on what you’re searching for. If you literally search for PermissionsEx-Sponge.jar, you won’t get anything useful because nothing named that is located anywhere on the forums. But if you just search PermissionsEx, because that’s what you’re looking for, it’s the first thing you’ll find.

Alternatively, many plugins have also set up pages on Ore.

Also, thank you for asking how to better search instead of just asking where the plugin is. There’s so many people who just want us to do all the work for them.

When you do a search, click on options, then choose Plugin Releases or WIP Plugins categories