EsAudioPlayer
by aueda · Uncategorized
This is a simple, cross-browser, accessible audio player (MP3 player) plugin.
47 health vs 65 average across 3,975 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.0, well behind 6.8.
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 3479 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
36
now · peak 83
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 · 1,371 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-09-24 300+ → 200+ down after 8 days in band
- 2025-09-16 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-15 300+ → 200+ down after 4 days in band
- 2025-09-11 200+ → 300+ up after 49 days in band
- 2025-07-24 300+ → 200+ down after 16 days in band
- 2025-07-08 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-07 300+ → 200+ down after 540 days in band
- 2024-01-14 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech 7K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B -
Meks Audio Player 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
Podbean Shortcode 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
WaveSurfer-WP 400+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Able Player, accessible HTML5 media player 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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