HLS Player
by ROOT SECTOR · Media
HLS Player is a lightweight HTTP Live Streaming player for WordPress, using video.js for easy embedding HLS videos into posts and pages.
Daily downloads
Since 2024-06-03 · 773 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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 “600+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install trend · reconstructed from 771 daily snapshots
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-10-03 500+ → 600+ up after 92 days in band
- 2025-07-03 400+ → 500+ up after 86 days in band
- 2025-04-08 300+ → 400+ up after 62 days in band
- 2025-02-05 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-02-04 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-02-03 200+ → 300+ up after 62 days in band
- 2024-12-03 100+ → 200+ up after 57 days in band
- 2024-10-07 90+ → 100+ up after 6 days in band
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/hls-player" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="HLS Player — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> HLS Player: 600+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/hls-player