Embed Video Thumbnail
by ikanaweb · Media
Automatically replace embed videos everywhere with their thumbnail to reduce page load time and improve your GTmetrix score.
44 health vs 62 average across 1,106 Media plugins
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 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.19.
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 2267 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
42
now · peak 156
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 “200+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-06-01 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-30 200+ → 300+ up after 15 days in band
- 2026-05-15 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-13 200+ → 300+ up after 6 days in band
- 2026-05-07 300+ → 200+ down after 364 days in band
- 2025-05-08 400+ → 300+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-05-03 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-05-02 400+ → 300+ down after 298 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- R Responsive video embed 900+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags B
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Presto Player 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A - I iframe 70K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
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Embeds for YouTube 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C -
Automatic Featured Images from Videos 7K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Embed YouTube Block – Fast Loading Videos, Shorts & Playlists 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/embed-video-thumbnail" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Embed Video Thumbnail — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Embed Video Thumbnail: 200+ active installs, 4.0★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/embed-video-thumbnail