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.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+25%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “last videos”, “shortcode” and “widget” 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.
48 health vs 56 average across 5,904 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 9.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,194 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities 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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25, well behind 7.1.
Details
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 2370 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.4.25; the current branch is 7.1
4.2★ over 6 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2370 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| davidmerinas your tag | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| last videos your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| shortcode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| youtube your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “last videos”, “shortcode” and “widget” 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 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 155 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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.
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.
Crossed into this band 2.6 years ago; the previous band took 17 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 22 Oct 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ egp21847.8y ago
Didn’t work under any circumstance. Tried everything, but still nothing.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jay Versluis7.9y 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 Coles8.5y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ mike19869.5y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ Clicknathan10.9y ago
Yep, it does indeed work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ btor12.3y ago
I’m using it to show on the home page of my blog the latest video from my youtube channel.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.0.7). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
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.
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 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 "This plugin provides both Widget and Shortcode to show latest videos from any public Youtube channel."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions YouTube.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 427 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "davidmerinas", "last videos" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-03-11 200+ → 100+ down after 524 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 300+ → 200+ down after 580 days in tier
- 2021-03-03 400+ → 300+ down
Competes with
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Shortcode Widget 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Widget Responsive for Youtube 7K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C - A Automatic Copyright Year 6K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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