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Alex Player

by iamzhirik · Uncategorized

Alex Player is simple audio player designed to play local audio files or radio streams on your website.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
58 Health · C
Maintenance 38/100
Rating quality 73/100
Support 70/100

58 health vs 57 average across 10,047 Uncategorized plugins

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.

70 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 47/100
WP compatibility 88/100
Rating quality 59/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 576 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-32% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

97

now · peak 587

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

Alex Player · #11989 AudioIgniter Music P · #1523 HTML5 Audio Player · #1602 Music Player for Ele · #1929

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.

modeled estimate
200–300 ≈250

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations

Details

Version
1.41
Last updated
1.6y ago
Added
2019-12-23 · 6 yrs on WP
Requires WP
4.3
Tested up to
6.6.5
Requires PHP
5.3.13

Growth timeline

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

No band crossings observed yet.

Competes with

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Alex Player: 200+ active installs, 4.0★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/alex-player