Plugin audit
Lazy load videos and sticky control
Lazy load videos and sticky control has urgent issues capping its growth.
Active installs
80+
Rating
4.2★
wp.org · 5 reviews
Downloads / 30d
173
Momentum
+30% low volume
30d vs the 30d before
Against 3645 tracked Media plugins: health 81 vs 62 average · rating, weighted for review count, 4.0★ vs 3.8★.
Where it ranks in wp.org search
Main keywords, best position first
- #6 lazyload video Up 1
- #12 lazy load video
- #13 lazyload Up 2
- #15 sticky video Down 2
- #17 sticky post control Down 1
- #17 sticky video player wordpress Down 2
- #20 iframe lazy load
- #23 sticky video for youtube Down 3
What to fix first
- 1
Patch and release an advisory before anything else.
Open security vulnerability. A known unpatched vulnerability is recorded against this plugin.
- 2
Ask happy users for a review
5 reviews so far. wp.org gives the rating more weight as the count grows past 25.
- 3
#13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- 4
One page off on “sticky video”
#15 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- 5
“shortcode” and “video” aren't earning a slot
You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Ranking signals
Listing score 90/100
- Update recency Strong
Updated 83 days ago
- WP compatibility Strong
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
- Rating quality Holding it back
4.2★ over 5 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
- Listing tuning Strong
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
What we found
Open security vulnerability
CriticalA known unpatched vulnerability is recorded against this plugin.
What to do: Patch and release an advisory before anything else.
Review volume is thin
OpportunityOnly 5 ratings. A handful of reviews makes your star average fragile and weakens trust at install time.
What to do: Run a structured in-plugin review prompt and a review campaign.
Healthy but under-discovered
OpportunityThis plugin scores 81/100 on health yet sits at 80 installs. The product is good; distribution is the gap.
What to do: A WP Mayor review and placement can put it in front of the right audience.
Readme fails 2 of 8 AI readiness checks
OpportunityAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: says what it does and names who it is for. Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.
Run the free AI visibility scan →Small download base. 173 downloads in 30 days, so a +30% move is a few installs rather than a trend.
Light support activity. Few recent support threads, so there is no backlog to report.
Actively maintained. Updated within the last quarter, a strong trust and ranking signal.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
WP Mayor
Plugin promotion & growth
Lazy load videos and sticky control is a strong product that not enough people know about.
A WP Mayor review and placement put it in front of WordPress users who are choosing plugins.
- A WP Mayor review. An independent, in-depth review in front of a high-intent audience.
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