Auto Last Youtube Video
by David Merinas · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 2 other plugins · 200+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin provides both Widget and Shortcode to show latest videos from any public Youtube channel.
45 health vs 54 average across 3,793 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.21.
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 2306 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
82
now · peak 155
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-10-22 · 1,381 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ egp21847.7y ago
Didn’t work under any circumstance. Tried everything, but still nothing.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jay Versluis7.8y ago
Does exactly what it says on the box, and does it well. Surer light weight and easy to use. To have your theme take care of the width of the latest video, simply omit the width and height parameters from the short code. Thank you for sharing this plugin with us 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Gethin Coles8.3y ago
Beware idiot user error: dont copy and paste the shortcode from the info page, you’ll end up with curly quotes that will break it!: [auto_last_youtube_video user=’davidmerinas’ width=’450′ height=’320′] as opposed to [auto_last_youtube_video user=’davidmerinas’ width=’450′ height=’320′] Check the forum to get it working for channel ID This topic was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by Gethin Coles. This topic was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by Gethin Coles. This topic was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by Gethin Coles. This topic was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by Gethin Coles.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mike19869.3y ago
It was working great but now the video won’t resize to what I need and I received an email saying there was malicious code in plugins/auto-last-youtube/inc/Zend/Validate/EmailAddress.php Any way we can get an update?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Clicknathan10.7y ago
Yep, it does indeed work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ btor12.1y ago
I’m using it to show on the home page of my blog the latest video from my youtube channel.
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Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.
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.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4.1
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-03-11 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-03-10 100+ → 200+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-03-06 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-03-04 100+ → 200+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2024-02-19 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-02-16 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-02-15 200+ → 100+ down after 13 days in tier
- 2024-02-02 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
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Shortcode Widget 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Widget Responsive for Youtube 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C
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