Featured video is exactly the same as a featured image. It allows you to easily link a YouTube or Vimeo video to a post.
44 health vs 59 average across 2,206 Media 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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 5170 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
96
now · peak 96
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.
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
14.2y ago
latest release · v1.5.4
11
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.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-03-17 · 1,382 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. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous8.3y ago
Issues with other plugins, I guess.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ papasound12.6y ago
Would be great if wordpress would only allow working plugins here
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ DreyT13.5y ago
Very good plugin for making a video-blog. Only minus – lack of good design customizeability – player looks a little bit square)
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ maximilian.speciani13.7y ago
Unfortunately none of the vimeo embeds i tried worked. (not the iframe, nor the links I tried) Youtube works like a charme!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-04-04 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-04-02 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-04-01 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-03-29 100+ → 200+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2024-03-21 200+ → 100+ down
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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Presto Player 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced WordPress Backgrounds 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP YouTube Lyte 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Featured Video Plus 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Embeds for YouTube 9K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
Automatic Featured Images from Videos 7K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
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