EmbedStories – Display social media stories
by embedsocial · Social
Also makes 1 other plugin · 4.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
EmbedStories allows you to easily embed Instagram Stories on your website
47 health vs 55 average across 1,135 Social 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.0.14.
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 1314 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
101
now · peak 397
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
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.
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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2018-12-15 · 1,386 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
- Medium · 6.4 EmbedStories <= 0.7.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗2023-01-30 CVE-2023-0372 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 0.7.4 Patched in 0.7.5
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.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-30 300+ → 200+ down after 429 days in tier
- 2025-06-27 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-26 300+ → 400+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2025-06-14 400+ → 300+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-06-10 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-06-08 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-07 300+ → 400+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-06-04 400+ → 300+ down after 6 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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EmbedSocial – Social Media Feeds, Reviews and Galleries 4K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C -
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A -
Social Feed Gallery 80K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Spotlight Social Feeds – Block, Shortcode, and Widget 60K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block 50K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery and Post Feed for WordPress 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/embedstories" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="EmbedStories – Display social media stories — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> EmbedStories – Display social media stories: 200+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-30. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/embedstories