HTML5 Video Background
by anoobis · Media
HTML5 Video Background creates a fullscreen video background using html5 video for your website. Incase the browser viewing the site does not support …
39 health vs 59 average across 1,641 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 11+ 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 4133 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
53
now · peak 153
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
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-29 70+ → 60+ down after 94 days in tier
- 2025-10-27 80+ → 70+ down after 138 days in tier
- 2025-06-11 90+ → 80+ down after 55 days in tier
- 2025-04-17 100+ → 90+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2025-04-08 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-04-07 100+ → 90+ down after 18 days in tier
- 2025-03-20 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-03-18 100+ → 90+ down after 83 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Easy Video Player 20K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Videojs HTML5 Player 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Video Background Block – Use video as background in section. 2K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Bradmax Player 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
mb.YTPlayer for background videos 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Flowplayer Video Player 900+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/html5-video-background" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="HTML5 Video Background — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> HTML5 Video Background: 60+ active installs, 2.4★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/html5-video-background