Faster YouTube Embed
by HT Plugins · Media
Also makes 21 other plugins · 62.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
Faster YouTube Embed enables you to insert YouTube videos to any page and post quickly and efficiently & you’ll have no hassle of slow YouTube vid …
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Health
B 79/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+25%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “embed videos” for “faster”. “embed videos” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “faster” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
79 health vs 62 average across 3,281 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.2%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 4.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,319 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Media plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 160 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
31
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| faster | #13 | #24 | down 1 |
| youtube embed your tag | #13 | #24 | down 1 |
| embed youtube | #22 | #24 | down 1 |
| youtube playlist | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| responsive youtube embed | #19 | #24 | 0 |
| youtube wordpress embed | #22 | #24 | 0 |
| how to embed youtube in wordpress | #23 | #24 | 0 |
| embed videos your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| video your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| video embed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| youtube video your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
11 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “embed videos” for “faster”. “embed videos” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “faster” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “youtube embed”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 175 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v1.0.6 · 24 May 2026
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 19 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 4 Oct 2022
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2.2
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Faster YouTube Embed enables you to insert YouTube videos to any page and post quickly and efficiently & yo..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("for woocommerce stores", "who want", "use this").
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WooCommerce, Elementor, Gutenberg, Contact Form 7 and 4 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 7,188 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "embed videos", "video embed" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-04-02 200+ → 100+ down after 22 days in tier
- 2025-03-11 100+ → 200+ up after 642 days in tier
- 2023-06-08 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-06-07 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-06-06 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2023-06-05 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-06-04 90+ → 100+ up after 45 days in tier
- 2023-04-20 80+ → 90+ 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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Really Simple Featured Video for Posts, Pages & WooCommerce Products 4K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags A -
Wonder Video Embed 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A -
Video Player Block – play videos beautifully on any device 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Rio Video Gallery 80+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
YEP: Optimize YouTube Embeds 70+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
ytSubscribe – Youtube Subscribe Button 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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