HTML5 Videos
by powercat74 · Media
Easily embed HTML5 videos from the Media Library into posts and pages.
46 health vs 59 average across 1,585 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4942 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
25
now · peak 72
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 “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,371 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-09-28 200+ → 100+ down after 12 days in tier
- 2024-09-16 100+ → 200+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2024-09-14 200+ → 100+ down after 696 days in tier
- 2022-10-19 300+ → 200+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2022-10-11 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2022-10-10 300+ → 200+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- D Disable Video Download 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 90K+ installs · 5.0★ · 1 shared tag A -
Media Library Assistant 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Enhanced Media Library 60K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C -
Quick Featured Images 50K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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