Add Youtube Video to Media Library
by merganser · Media
Add Youtube Video to Media Library.
42 health vs 59 average across 1,574 Media plugins
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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1, well behind 6.8.
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
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5342 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
40
now · peak 74
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “40+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-05-01 50+ → 40+ down after 20 days in tier
- 2025-04-11 40+ → 50+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2025-03-17 50+ → 40+ down after 15 days in tier
- 2025-03-02 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-03-01 50+ → 40+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-02-25 40+ → 50+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-02-22 50+ → 40+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-02-20 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Media Cleaner: Clean your WordPress! 90K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced WordPress Backgrounds 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Media Library Categories 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP YouTube Lyte 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Embeds for YouTube 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
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