DarkOnyx Plugin for WordPress
by nebuchadrezzar · Media
DarkOnyx Web Video Plugin for Wordpress
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-28%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “flash” for “flowplayer”. “flash” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “flowplayer” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
43 health vs 62 average across 3,279 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,317 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.
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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, well behind 6.8.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 2 reviews to 2013-03-05Reviewers like what it does, with ads between playlist videos singled out, but both say emails go unanswered and they're unsure the plugin is still maintained past its first release.
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 5427 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.3.2; the current branch is 6.8
3.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5427 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.
48
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 21d
40%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 21d
+0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| flowplayer | #22 | #21 | 0 |
| flash your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| html5 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| iphone your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ipod your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| video your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
6 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “flash” for “flowplayer”. “flash” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “flowplayer” sits at #22 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 152 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,100 to #45,000, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4.1 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 14 Sep 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ gazzagreen13.7y ago
I have this running on my site, but the question is, is it still been supported? I get no answers to my emails asking for support. Having said that I have been working out as lot of the problems myself and it’s a fantastic program. I love the way it can run ads between videos in play lists! I do recommend it (the plug in is only a door to run the program on wordpress and not the program itself).
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ StevenGroves14.0y ago
A lot of the posts around this plug-in are kind of dated. Is the plug-in still being supported or was V. 1.0.0 the only version created and shipped?
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.4
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
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 is 39 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 10 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 10 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Facebook, YouTube, Twitter.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,265 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "ipod" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-10-04 20+ → 10+ down
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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Easy Video Player 20K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags A -
Videojs HTML5 Player 7K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A - W WP-SWFObject 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Bradmax Player 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
mb.YTPlayer for background videos 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Flowplayer Video Player 900+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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