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Block for Embed Google Maps

by Çağdaş Dağ · Blocks

Also makes 3 other plugins · 600+ installs across the portfolio →

Embed Maps Block is a custom Gutenberg Block developed with Gutenberg Native Components. You can easily show a location in Google Map.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
52 Health · D
Maintenance 19/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

52 health vs 67 average across 1,682 Blocks plugins

Removal-risk signals

28/100

Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.

  • Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.

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.

58 / 100

Room to improve

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 27/100
WP compatibility 68/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 851 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,423 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+17% vs prior 30d
7Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

116

now · peak 287

11630d downloads · Aug 26

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

Block for Embed Goog · #9797 you Maps Widget for Goog · #1091 Easy Google Maps · #1287 Map Block for Google · #1380

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.

290per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How 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

2.3y ago

latest release · v1.0.0

1

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.0 · 2.3y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.5 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
400–500 ≈470

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,420 observations

400Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.5.2
Last updated
2.3y ago
Added
2022-01-07 · 4 yrs old
Requires WP
5.7
Tested up to
6.4.10
Requires PHP
7.0

Recent reviews

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  1. PaulStarkey
    2.2y ago

    Like the header says

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  2. Chris Ribal
    3.0y ago

    That was exactly what I was looking for.

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  3. adam.plesnik
    3.5y ago

    Great and fast plugin.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.4.1

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-12-11 500+ → 400+ down after 316 days in tier
  2. 2025-01-29 600+ → 500+ down after 7 days in tier
  3. 2025-01-22 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-01-21 600+ → 500+ down after 167 days in tier
  5. 2024-08-07 500+ → 600+ up after 4 days in tier
  6. 2024-08-03 600+ → 500+ down after 7 days in tier
  7. 2024-07-27 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
  8. 2024-07-26 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier

Competes with

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Block for Embed Google Maps: 400+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/embed-maps-block