ACF YouTube Picker
by airesvsg · Search
Also makes 1 other plugin · 600+ installs across the portfolio →
Search and select videos on YouTube without leaving the page.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈450 estimated
Momentum
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no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “acf”, “custom field” and “picker” 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.
47 health vs 63 average across 980 Search plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.2%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 7.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Search plugin keeps 0.7%, across 647 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Search plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33, well behind 6.8.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 5 reviews to 2023-07-11Most reviewers here are delighted with the field setup and the developer's fixes, though the newest review says it doesn't find videos and won't show ones already published.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3780 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.5.33; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3780 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| acf your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom field your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| picker your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| search your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| youtube your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “acf”, “custom field” and “picker” 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.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 128 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
10.4y ago
latest release · v3.1.0 · 27 Jun 2016
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 22 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ webandbrand3.3y ago
Doesn’t find any videos and already published video’s aren’t shown.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ qbahamutp10.7y ago
EDIT: the bugs I mentioned below have since been fixed by its awesome, attentive developer. Much to the delight of everyone involved with the relevant project. Rating updated accordingly. Good plug-in, all-in-all. Usability-wise, there’s a lot of room for improvement. Setting up/configuring the new fields works nicely, but the result that the content moderators will be using is a little weird: if the field is set to be REQUIRED, it’ll see it as empty even when there’s already a video selected. It only checks the “search video”-field value. So every time you edit a post with this field in it, you have to put some letters in there in order to be allowed to press SAVE.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pro100light11.3y ago
Nice!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Vinicius Canto11.4y ago
Dude, you is a genius.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ alcipir11.4y ago
I was looking for something exactly like this for one of my clients. I strongly recommend it.
Read on wp.org ↗
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions ACF, YouTube.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 125 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "custom field", "picker" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-01-22 500+ → 400+ down after 271 days in tier
- 2024-04-26 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-04-25 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-04-23 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-04-22 500+ → 600+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2024-04-16 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-04-15 500+ → 600+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2024-04-08 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Advanced Custom Fields: Typography Field 3K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A - A Advanced Custom Fields – Taxonomy Field add-on 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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ACF: Google Map Extended 700+ installs · 3.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Search Regex 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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