Brightcove Video Connect
by brightcove · Media
Brightcove integration plugin, manage your Brightcove video cloud from within WordPress, using the latest APIs
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Health
C 56/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
600+
≈670 estimated
Momentum
-11%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “video” and “videos” 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.
56 health vs 62 average across 3,287 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 263K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,321 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.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 594 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
3.4★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.04★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 594 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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| brightcove your tag | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| brightcove cloud | #1 | #2 | 0 |
| video your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| videos your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “video” and “videos” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 6.9K · 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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.6y ago
latest release · v2.8.8 · 17 Mar 2025
59
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; the previous band took 18 months to cross, which places it about 67% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Nov 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ zuroma7.6y ago
Does a decent job when it works, even though it’s bare bones. But it has issues with WordPress 5, and so the current version gets a low rating from me. This topic was modified 7 years, 3 months ago by zuroma.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ WHOISCARRUS10.9y ago
It’s a great start to this plugin. Would be really great if you could control some of the features of the videos. Would love to see these features in the future: • Ability to control alignment of the video once in the page – WP align tools to work with BC shortcode. • Ability to add “Responsive” wrapper so we don’t have to write code to get it to do this • Ability to remove all skinning of videos – basically a way to control what the players look like. Right now this is all you get for a short code. EXAMPLE: [bc_video video_id=”XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX” account_id=”XXXXXXXXXX” player_id=”default” width=”500″ height=”250″] It makes it hard to show our clients how to add videos to their page without them knowing a bit of code. Any word on when some of these features might be available directly in the plugin?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ warrior10.9y ago
good idea BUT its not working.. whenever we try to upload any video the whole server run out of resources.. even a 4 mb video can crash the whole server. I am not sure what is the purpose of this plugin if a user can’t upload a video??
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bcolflesh11.1y ago
Too bad, this would have been useful. [UPDATE] – this has been fixed.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ neelam.thakur11.2y ago
Having some issue on video delete and then sync on bright-cove, though all other things are working perfect for me. 5 star for saving all my efforts on development. Its best among all bright-cove plugins in market.
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.
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Brightcove integration plugin, manage your Brightcove video cloud from within WordPress, using the latest APIs"
- ! 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 500 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-10 700+ → 600+ down after 526 days in tier
- 2024-11-30 800+ → 700+ down after 104 days in tier
- 2024-08-18 900+ → 800+ down after 140 days in tier
- 2024-03-31 1K+ → 900+ down after 1383 days in tier
- 2020-06-17 500+ → 1K+ up after 1078 days in tier
- 2017-07-05 300+ → 500+ up after 216 days in tier
- 2016-12-01 100+ → 300+ up after 211 days in tier
- 2016-05-04 90+ → 100+ up after 93 days in tier
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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Embed Block for TikTok 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Cloudflare Stream Video 300+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
Load Video On Click 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Rio Video Gallery 80+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
The Media Widget 60+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D -
Presto Player 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
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