Lean Player – Video and Audio Player with Playlist for WordPress, Elementor and Gutenberg
by LeanPlugins · Page Builders
Also makes 7 other plugins · 2.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
A lightweight WordPress plugin for YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Vimeo, HTML5 video and audio, playlists, and brand-matched colors.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
2K+
≈2.8K estimated
Momentum
-15%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “youtube player” and “video player” for “audio” and “playlists”. “youtube player” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #12. “audio” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “video player” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #11. “playlists” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
85 health vs 72 average across 1,904 Page Builders plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.1%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 63.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Page Builders plugin keeps 2.4%, across 1,274 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Page Builders 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 29 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
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 22 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.7★ over 6 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
15%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| player with playlist | #1 | #5 | 0 |
| audio | #6 | #19 | 0 |
| playlist your tag | #8 | #22 | 0 |
| playlists | #7 | #22 | down 1 |
| audio player your tag | #8 | #15 | 0 |
| audio video | #4 | #14 | down 2 |
| html5 video | #10 | #16 | up 1 |
| video player your tag | #11 | #20 | up 1 |
| youtube player your tag | #12 | #22 | up 1 |
| youtube shorts | #12 | #18 | down 3 |
| elementor video player | #5 | #18 | down 1 |
| elementor video player widget | #5 | #16 | 0 |
| player | #14 | #21 | up 1 |
| video player for wordpress post | #6 | #18 | 0 |
| elementor audio player | #6 | #18 | down 2 |
| vimeo video player | #6 | #13 | 0 |
| vimeo html5 player | #6 | #13 | 0 |
| gutenberg vimeo video player block | #6 | #14 | 0 |
| wordpress video player block | #7 | #18 | 0 |
| vimeo player | #7 | #15 | 0 |
| elementor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
194 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 151 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “youtube player” and “video player” for “audio” and “playlists”. “youtube player” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #12. “audio” sits at #6 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “video player” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #11. “playlists” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “video player”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “youtube player”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,492 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 6.5K · peaks are release surges
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
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.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
29
releases in the last 12 months
22d ago
latest release · v3.5.0 · 13 Oct 2026
36
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago and the previous band took 3.9 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 3K.
Install history since 28 Jan 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ bluearash5.5y ago
It is a good plugin. It will be unique if the following four main features are added – Elementor Dynamic Tags – Gutenberg Block – Ability to stop playing the movie automatically when playing another movie – Make Mix Playlist of self host movies, Youtube, Vimeo and … Good Lock
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ guja19855.5y ago
Amazing player
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dionysios5.6y ago
Very useful plugin. I like that you can customize it a lot in elementor tabs. Congratulations! Thank you for this plugin. I hope to keep it alive and updated!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mishagos6.0y ago
This is by far the easiest and best looking audio player for not just Elementor, but WordPress. It just WORKS, and looks great doing it. They are very responsive to support requests and added a download feature after I suggested it. Highly recommend.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 14 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 14 of 14 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("great for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Gutenberg, Block editor, ACF and 3 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 5 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 10,926 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "youtube player" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-11 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1413 days in tier
- 2022-06-28 2K+ → 3K+ up after 405 days in tier
- 2021-05-19 1K+ → 2K+ 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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WP Video Playlist 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C -
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