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Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick …

by Nicolas Jonas · Media

Also makes 7 other plugins · 20.4K+ installs across the portfolio →

Level up your basic video embeds! Advanced features, privacy. Use URLs, Shortcodes or Blocks to customize videos to your needs.

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Health

A 87/100

no flags

Active installs

20K+

≈25K estimated

Momentum

-0%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Swap “embed”, “lightbox” and “video” for “sticky video”, “vimeo” and “dailymotion”. “embed” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sticky video” sits at #4 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “lightbox” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “vimeo” sits at #8 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “video” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #16. “dailymotion” sits at #11 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

How scoring works →
87 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 80/100
Support 70/100
Security 98/100

87 health vs 62 average across 3,293 Media plugins

Install conversion

How it's measured →

0.7%

of downloads still active

At least 20K of 2.9M lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,323 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.

This plugin shipped 11 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.

Details

Version
10.9.5
Last updated
23d ago
Added
2012-02-03 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
6.6
Tested up to
7.1.4
Requires PHP
7.4

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.

97 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100

Updated 23 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 84/100

4.2★ over 169 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

Support resolution 100/100

1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months

Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-0% vs prior 30d
02 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 91.9K · peaks are release surges

16.4K2 Nov 2026

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

Advanced Responsive · #1180youWP Photo Album Plus · #2064Embeds for YouTube · #2191Videojs HTML5 Player · #2499

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.22 Nov 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

872 Nov 2026

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.

8202 Nov 2026

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

11

releases in the last 12 months

23d ago

latest release · v10.9.5 · 10 Oct 2026

11

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

10.9.5 · 10 Oct 202610.9.4 · 5 Aug 202610.9.0 · 5 Aug 202610.8.9 · 31 Jul 202610.8.6 · 31 Jul 202610.8.5 · 7 May 202610.8.4 · 19 Feb 202610.8.3 · 17 Feb 202610.8.2 · 18 Jan 202610.8.1 · 16 Nov 202510.8.0 · 14 Nov 2025

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v10.8 50%
v9.10 9.4%
v8.10 8.1%
v10.6 6.1%
Older / other versions 26%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “20K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
20K–30K ≈25K

Crossed into this band 10 months ago; the previous band took 18 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

Install history since 1 Nov 2020

20K2 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ yumenokenzi
    8mo ago

    I was looking for a way to show my own related videos on the end screen, and this plugin does it beautifully! The layout looks very professional and clean. It’s exactly what I needed for my site. Thank you for creating such a wonderful and helpful tool!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. ★★★★★ timjen
    1.8y ago

    Really love this Plugin. It has transformed my life and each upgrade gets better and better. Yes, the author is grumpy, but only out of frustration because I didn’t understand what info he needed. But once my problem was sorted (conflict with another plugin) it works like a charm. Please invest in the pro version, it makes to so much better.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  3. ★★★★★ ripriprip
    2.4y ago

    Stopped working 3 days ago, with the last upgrade. I asked for a link to the previous working version, so I could re-install it until the current version would work. I shouldn’t need such hand-holding. Got me thinking, maybe if an upgrade to any plugin, stops it from working, perhaps it might become useful, if a link was included to previously working versions for people, who really rely on the work that you great authors, do, that helps us with what we do. Thank you.

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  4. ★★★★★ ronan.anjos
    2.9y ago

    Elementor suddenly stopped showing embedded YouTube videos. I tried everything to solve it, until I found ARVE, a lightweight and decent plugin that solved the problem. Just put the video URL in a shortcode and magic happens. God bless the ARVE team.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  5. ★★★★★ navienavnav
    3.0y ago

    Just because people use your plugin doesn’t give you right to take up 1/3 of the dashboard with your stupid advertisement.“Hi, this is Nico(las Jonas) the author of the ARVE Advanced Responsive Video Embedder plugin. If you are interrested in additional features and/or want to support the work I do on this plugin please consider buying the Pro Addon.” Then proceeding to take up my dashboard with your “features”. I’ve seen plugins abusing the dashboard access before but none equals the wall of text that your plugin injects. Learn some basic decency before publishing a plugin. No, It doesn’t matter than it can be crossed out. It shouldn’t be there in the first place.P.S. If you’re going to plaster someone’s dashboard with an essay advertising your pro version, at least spell check it. I’ll leave it to you to figure out where it is. This topic was modified 2 years, 7 months ago by navienavnav. Reason: Resolution

    Read on wp.org ↗
  6. ★★★★★ rogueeasyweb
    3.0y ago

    I have not been getting any invoices or receipt emails from NextGenThemes. I found out I was just billed when I was looking over my bank statement. A search revealed no emails in my email history, and no email in spam. Needless to say, I logged in and cancelled.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  7. ★★★★★ ixseo
    3.3y ago

    I use both Vimeo and YouTube videos on my websites and recently the Vimeo player has caused display and page speed problems. I purchased and tested the ARVE Pro player and it fixed the Vimeo issues and also works well with YouTube. It will be my standard video player going forward!

    Read on wp.org ↗
  8. ★★★★★ soft-linking
    4.5y ago

    i bought this plugin..so called pro version, i had a problem with videos not starting when clicked on some mobiles, i wrote to that guy on his so-called forum, never got an answer, this plugin is not mobile frendly, nor AMP compatible…and even worst, now i have thousands of stupid shortcodes that i must replace, never buy a plugin that replace your data with shortcodes ! This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by soft-linking. This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by soft-linking. This topic was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by soft-linking. This topic was modified 4 years, 1 month ago by soft-linking.

    Read on wp.org ↗

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. 2026-10-10 Version 10.9.5 Fix: Incorrect PHP types for notice dismiss code. 10.9.5
  2. 2026-08-05 Version 10.9.4 Improved: Removed debug code 10.9.4
  3. 2026-08-05 Version 10.9.3 Improved: Removed short php tags 10.9.3
  4. 2026-08-05 Version 10.9.1 Improved: Removed node_modules inside vendor 10.9.1
  5. 2026-08-05 Version 10.9.0 New: Opt-in to ARVE news in the Settings page. News is no longer fetched by default. Improved: Tested up to WordPress 7.0.2. Improved: No more heredoc syntax. 10.9.0
  6. 2026-05-09 Version 10.8.6 Fix: Outdated plugins getting executed. 10.8.6

Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (10.9.5). Sites still on an older version should update.

  1. 2026-07-28 CVE-2026-18072 Embedded Malicious Code Affects 10.8.7 Patched in 10.9.0

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 29 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Korean 98%
German 39%
Swedish 27%
Russian 16%
Romanian 9%
French (France) 3%
Spanish (Spain) 3%
English (Canada) 2%
Hindi 2%
Slovak 2%
Azerbaijani 1%
Cebuano 1%
Czech 1%
Danish 1%
Dutch 1%
Dutch (Formal) 1%
English (Australia) 1%
English (New Zealand) 1%
English (South Africa) 1%
English (UK) 1%
Esperanto 1%
Finnish 1%
Greek 1%
Italian 1%

Plus 5 more locales with partial translations.

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

7 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "Level up your basic video embeds! Advanced features, privacy. Use URLs, Shortcodes or Blocks to customize v..."
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
  • ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
  • ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Gutenberg, Block editor, Facebook and 4 more.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 16 headings and 9 lists.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 6,471 characters of description.
  • ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-12-30 30K+ → 20K+ down after 547 days in tier
  2. 2024-07-01 40K+ → 30K+ down after 732 days in tier
  3. 2022-06-30 50K+ → 40K+ down after 778 days in tier
  4. 2020-05-13 60K+ → 50K+ down after 1207 days in tier
  5. 2017-01-22 50K+ → 60K+ up after 356 days in tier
  6. 2016-02-01 40K+ → 50K+ up after 171 days in tier
  7. 2015-08-14 30K+ → 40K+ up

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 Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick …: 20K+ active installs, 4.2★ (169 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/advanced-responsive-video-embedder

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