diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/config/PluginHubPanel.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/config/PluginHubPanel.java
index a94c94a592..269cfe574f 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/config/PluginHubPanel.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/config/PluginHubPanel.java
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
 import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -45,7 +47,6 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.function.Function;
-import java.util.function.ToDoubleFunction;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
@@ -85,8 +86,8 @@ import net.runelite.client.ui.components.IconTextField;
 import net.runelite.client.util.ImageUtil;
 import net.runelite.client.util.LinkBrowser;
 import net.runelite.client.util.SwingUtil;
+import net.runelite.client.util.Text;
 import net.runelite.client.util.VerificationException;
-import org.apache.commons.text.similarity.JaroWinklerDistance;
 
 @Slf4j
 @Singleton
@@ -98,7 +99,6 @@ class PluginHubPanel extends PluginPanel
 	private static final ImageIcon CONFIGURE_ICON;
 	private static final ImageIcon CONFIGURE_ICON_HOVER;
 	private static final Pattern SPACES = Pattern.compile(" +");
-	private static final JaroWinklerDistance DISTANCE = new JaroWinklerDistance();
 
 	static
 	{
@@ -119,16 +119,13 @@ class PluginHubPanel extends PluginPanel
 		private static final int HEIGHT = 70;
 		private static final int ICON_WIDTH = 48;
 		private static final int BOTTOM_LINE_HEIGHT = 16;
-		static final float MIN_FILTER_SCORE = .8f;
 
 		private final ExternalPluginManifest manifest;
+		private final List<String> keywords = new ArrayList<>();
 
 		@Getter
 		private final boolean installed;
 
-		@Getter
-		private float filter;
-
 		PluginItem(ExternalPluginManifest newManifest, Collection<Plugin> loadedPlugins, boolean installed)
 		{
 			ExternalPluginManifest loaded = null;
@@ -140,6 +137,23 @@ class PluginHubPanel extends PluginPanel
 			manifest = newManifest == null ? loaded : newManifest;
 			this.installed = installed;
 
+			if (manifest != null)
+			{
+				Collections.addAll(keywords, SPACES.split(manifest.getDisplayName().toLowerCase()));
+
+				if (manifest.getDescription() != null)
+				{
+					Collections.addAll(keywords, SPACES.split(manifest.getDescription().toLowerCase()));
+				}
+
+				Collections.addAll(keywords, manifest.getAuthor().toLowerCase());
+
+				if (manifest.getTags() != null)
+				{
+					Collections.addAll(keywords, manifest.getTags());
+				}
+			}
+
 			setBackground(ColorScheme.DARKER_GRAY_COLOR);
 			setOpaque(true);
 
@@ -302,23 +316,6 @@ class PluginHubPanel extends PluginPanel
 						.addComponent(addrm, BOTTOM_LINE_HEIGHT, BOTTOM_LINE_HEIGHT, BOTTOM_LINE_HEIGHT))
 					.addGap(5)));
 		}
-
-		float setFilter(String[] filter)
-		{
-			ToDoubleFunction<String> match = r -> Stream.of(filter)
-				.mapToDouble(l -> Math.pow(DISTANCE.apply(l, r), 2))
-				.max()
-				.orElse(0.D);
-
-			double sim = SPACES.splitAsStream(manifest.getDisplayName()).collect(Collectors.averagingDouble(match)) * 2;
-
-			if (manifest.getTags() != null)
-			{
-				sim += Stream.of(manifest.getTags()).mapToDouble(match).sum();
-			}
-
-			return this.filter = (float) sim;
-		}
 	}
 
 	private final PluginListPanel pluginListPanel;
@@ -537,8 +534,8 @@ class PluginHubPanel extends PluginPanel
 		{
 			String[] searchArray = SPACES.split(search.toLowerCase());
 			stream = stream
-				.filter(p -> p.setFilter(searchArray) > PluginItem.MIN_FILTER_SCORE)
-				.sorted(Comparator.comparing(PluginItem::getFilter));
+				.filter(p -> Text.matchesSearchTerms(searchArray, p.keywords))
+				.sorted(Comparator.comparing(p -> p.manifest.getDisplayName()));
 		}
 		else
 		{