Fluid Player
by fluidplayer · Media
The plugin makes it easy to embed the VAST ready Fluid Player video player.
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈490 estimated
Momentum
+10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “html5 video player”, “thumbnails” and “vast” 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.
48 health vs 62 average across 3,280 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 65.1K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,317 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.
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1109 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.3.14; the current branch is 6.8
4.6★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1109 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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.7
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| fluid player your tag | #4 | #6 | down 1 |
| fluid video | #24 | #19 | — |
| html5 video player your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| thumbnails your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| vast your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “html5 video player”, “thumbnails” and “vast” 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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 749 · 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
3.0y ago
latest release · v3.0.0 · 18 Oct 2023
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% 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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 17 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Jul 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ abelhoyos3.5y ago
5 Estrellas para su buen trabajo, los felicito. Muchas gracias. Saludos desde Peru.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lleeandra985.7y ago
This plugin really great, and open source can do anything what i needed, i wanna change this plugin to default media player in wordpress but i haven’t seen people doing about it before
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mr.nosrati7.5y ago
واقعا عالیییییییییییییییییییییییییی
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ marcojoelmirschutz8.7y ago
It needs several improvements to be well evaluated. This topic was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by marcojoelmirschutz.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jinyus9.3y ago
It is a bit barebones but functions well. Html blobk on pause would be a great feature. And it looks crammed on mobile devices.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.3.2
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
2 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 "The plugin makes it easy to embed the VAST ready Fluid Player video player."
- ! 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 539 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "thumbnails" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-06-11 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-10 400+ → 300+ down after 665 days in tier
- 2023-08-15 500+ → 400+ 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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Regenerate Thumbnails 1M+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Force Regenerate Thumbnails 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Perfect Images: Regenerate Thumbnails, Image Sizes, WebP & AVIF 60K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) 40K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
HTML5 Video Player – embed fast, responsive videos with ease 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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