Chromeless YouTube
by Adam Nowak · Media
This chromeless YouTube player enables you to easily display videos on your site. Each player instance displays a different video and can be resized.
43 health vs 60 average across 1,401 Media plugins
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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, well behind 6.8.
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 5810 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
20
now · peak 73
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
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-04-16 20+ → 10+ down after 104 days in band
- 2026-01-02 30+ → 20+ down after 24 days in band
- 2025-12-09 20+ → 30+ up after 6 days in band
- 2025-12-03 30+ → 20+ down after 12 days in band
- 2025-11-21 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-11-20 30+ → 20+ down after 15 days in band
- 2025-11-05 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-11-03 30+ → 20+ down after 204 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Presto Player 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
FluentPlayer – Video Player With Forms & Lead Capture 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags A -
mb.YTPlayer for background videos 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
VideoIgniter – Video Player 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags B -
Advanced WordPress Backgrounds 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
All-in-One Video Gallery 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
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