Lite YouTube Embed vs Embeds for YouTube

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Lite YouTube Embed

by Azim Hikmatov

Health D52

Embeds for YouTube

by Embeds For YouTube Plugin Support

Health C63

Active-install trajectory

Lite YouTube Embed Embeds for YouTube

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Lite YouTube Embed	Embeds for YouTube
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	300–400	9K–10K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+50% ✓	-10%
Overall health	D · 52	C · 63 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	30/100	46/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	77/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.60★	4.08★ ✓
Reviews	0	24 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	68/100	80/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.8y ago	1.4y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	83	741 ✓
Category	Social	Media

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Lite YouTube Embed Embeds for YouTube

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.