Easy Document Embedder – Embed Word, excel, Powerpoint, Pdf file and more..
by techmix · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 10.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Document embedding on a website is a common thing we need to do regularly. By using this plugin you can embed all the common files like PDF, Word, XLS …
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Health
D 43/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈490 estimated
Momentum
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no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “document”, “embed pdf” and “excel” 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.
43 health vs 58 average across 25,756 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.4%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 9.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,774 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.6.23.
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 2151 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.6.23; 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 2151 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| document your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| embed pdf your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| excel your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| google docs your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| powerpoint your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 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
- “document”, “embed pdf” and “excel” 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 149 · 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
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
6.4y ago
latest release · v1.0 · 23 Jun 2020
1
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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 28 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 500.
Install history since 17 Aug 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mehlmanmedical6.2y ago
Plugin has a bug that prevents the actual document from loading on the webpage unless the end-user’s internet is super fast. Meaning, sometimes you’ll load a page and say, “Wait, where’s the document that’s supposed to be here?” Then you refresh the page once or twice and the document appears. So for people coming to your site, it leaves a bad impression. Only way around this is to mandatory add the Download File button to each page, so if the file doesn’t load on the screen, at least the end-user will see the download button and can access the file that way. However this means you now need to make all your files downloadable to everyone coming to your site. Now, as of August 2020, when I went to add a new document, all of a sudden you can’t add a Download button unless you PAY THEM $15. Little parsimonious weasels. I have so many embedded docs on my site that I just paid because it’s not worth my TIME to reconfigure everything. Wouldn’t have bothered leaving a review, but the sudden desire to charge people for BASIC features (not even anything special) opens you up to getting slammed. Take your 15 dollars. And your one star. This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by mehlmanmedical.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ AlfredG6.3y ago
Te first embedder that works from the start. I like the download button that goes wih it and the fact tkhat you can embed external documents. Furthermore it’s lightweigt, not bloated as many competitiors are.
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Document embedding on a website is a common thing we need to do regularly. By using this plugin you can emb..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 6 of 6 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 Gutenberg, Google Drive.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,834 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("embed pdf", "google docs", "powerpoint" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-05 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-04 400+ → 500+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2026-09-20 500+ → 400+ down after 316 days in tier
- 2025-11-08 600+ → 500+ down after 320 days in tier
- 2024-12-23 700+ → 600+ down after 238 days in tier
- 2024-04-29 800+ → 700+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-04-26 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-04-25 800+ → 700+ down after 2 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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EmbedPress 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
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EasyEMBED – Embed PDFs, Docs, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Slides, & More 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Embed PDF with Smallpdf — installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D - P PDFFixNow Embed Viewer — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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