EmbedSocial – Social Media Feeds, Reviews and Galleries
by embedsocial · Social
Also makes 1 other plugin · 4.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
EmbedSocial allows you to collect and embed social media content on any website automatically.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
C 67/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
4K+
≈4.5K estimated
Momentum
+37%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “facebook feed”, “facebook reviews” and “instagram feed” 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.
67 health vs 58 average across 1,835 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →4.3%
of downloads still active
At least 4K of 94K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 496 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.2★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 496 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.
40
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
19%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| social media aggregator | #6 | #6 | 0 |
| social feed aggregation | #7 | #8 | down 1 |
| social media promote | #21 | #21 | up 1 |
| social media messenger | #24 | #20 | 0 |
| facebook feed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| facebook reviews your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| instagram feed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social media feed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social media tools your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
20 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 4 listed. 16 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
- “facebook feed”, “facebook reviews” and “instagram feed” 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 3.7K · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
1.4y ago
latest release · v1.2.2 · 23 Jun 2025
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 82% 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 “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 24 months 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 15 Dec 2018
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ gosterandrew2.2y ago
Very sus plugin. I installed it and activated. No settings or controls – just sits there, gathering information I suppose? Uninstalled immediately.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ einserpirelli6.9y ago
bitte aktuell halten!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ toniceleb8.2y ago
EmbedSocial is a huge platform for generating user content from Facebook, Google and Instagram. It provides a real time sync with your online reviews and help you to manage, analyze and display reviews on any website. This topic was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by toniceleb.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dtky52019919.4y ago
Easy to use, user friendly.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bkaterina9.6y ago
Great for content creators and web developers that are looking for a professional but simple solution to display social media photo galleries on their websites!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (1.2.2). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 EmbedSocial – Social Media Feeds, Reviews and Galleries <= 1.1.29 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2024-06-18 CVE-2024-3984 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.29 Patched in 1.2.1
- Patched Medium · 6.4 EmbedSocial – Social Media Feeds, Reviews and Galleries = 1.1.27 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗2023-01-30 CVE-2023-0371 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 1.1.27 Patched in 1.1.28
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
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 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "EmbedSocial allows you to collect and embed social media content on any website automatically."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and 3 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 17 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 10,027 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "Social Media Feed", "social media tools" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-11-07 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-11-06 4K+ → 5K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-11-04 5K+ → 4K+ down after 104 days in tier
- 2024-07-23 4K+ → 5K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-07-20 5K+ → 4K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-19 4K+ → 5K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-07-15 5K+ → 4K+ down after 494 days in tier
- 2023-03-09 4K+ → 5K+ up after 1 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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Feedivo 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Social Slider Feed – Social Media Feed & Gallery Widgets 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Tagembed: Social Media Feeds and Customer Reviews Widget 9K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Flow-Flow Social Streams 7K+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Walls.io: Social Media Feed 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Social Media Feed for WordPress 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C
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