GoDAM – Video Hosting for LMS & Online Courses
by rtCamp · Education
Also makes 22 other plugins · 217.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
Media hosting for WordPress. Move course, LMS and membership videos off Vimeo: free migration for up to 100 videos on one site. Works with LifterLMS.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈140 estimated
Momentum
+35%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “lifterlms” and “lms” for “online course” and “lms migration”. “lifterlms” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “online course” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “lms” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “lms migration” sits at #20 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 69 average across 280 Education plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 12.4K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Education plugin keeps 1.0%, across 176 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Education 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 36 releases 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 2 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ 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.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.4
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
18%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| video hosting your tag | #11 | #21 | — |
| online courses your tag | #12 | #24 | — |
| hosting | #23 | #22 | — |
| online course | #14 | #24 | — |
| lms migration | #20 | #21 | — |
| courses online | #21 | #24 | — |
| courses lms | #24 | #22 | — |
| lifterlms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| lms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| vimeo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
53 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 46 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
- Swap “lifterlms” and “lms” for “online course” and “lms migration”. “lifterlms” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “online course” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “lms” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “lms migration” sits at #20 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 “online courses”. #12 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “video hosting”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 12 Apr 2025 · 567 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.7K · 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.
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
36
releases in the last 12 months
2d ago
latest release · v2.5.2 · 29 Oct 2026
65
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 41% of the way through.
Install history since 11 Apr 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Pranav Yeole1.1y ago
Easy centralized media management solution!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sofodel1.4y ago
Excellent plugin for media library and file management.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.5.2). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Critical · 9.8 GoDAM <= 1.12.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via WPForms File Upload Field ↗2026-07-22 CVE-2026-14282 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Affects <= 1.12.2 Patched in 2.0.0
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 7.0
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
7 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Manage and optimize digital assets with GoDAM – featuring transcoding, adaptive streaming, interactive vide..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("perfect for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Block editor, Contact Form 7, WPForms and 5 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 11 headings and 8 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 9,120 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "file manager", "transcoder" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-04 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-03 100+ → 90+ down after 181 days in tier
- 2025-12-04 90+ → 100+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2025-11-24 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-23 80+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-11-22 100+ → 80+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-11-20 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2025-11-17 100+ → 90+ down after 4 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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Sensei LMS – Online Courses, Quizzes, & Learning 9K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Design Upgrade for LearnDash 6K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
Masteriyo LMS – LMS Course Builder, Quizzes & Certificates 6K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning 2K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
SmartVideo – Video Player and CDN 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Widget Areas for LearnDash 600+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
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