Responsive Iframe Watchdog vs Simple YouTube Embed

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

Health D41

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Simple YouTube Embed moved down one install band, 5K+ to 4K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Responsive Iframe Watchdog	Simple YouTube Embed
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	—	4K–5K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	—	-20% ✓
Overall health	—	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	77/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	—	4.1★ ✓
Reviews	0	15 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	93/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.9y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	39	991 ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	—	2.5% ✓
Category	Security	Media

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

Release activity

Responsive Iframe WatchdogSimple YouTube Embed

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.