HTML5 Videos
by powercat74 · Media
Easily embed HTML5 videos from the Media Library into posts and pages.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+10%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “html5”, “media library” and “videos” 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.
46 health vs 62 average across 3,278 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 13.1K 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.
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.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 5048 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.5.2; the current branch is 6.8
4.8★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5048 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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| videojs | #24 | #10 | 0 |
| html5 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| media library your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| videos your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 1 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”, “media library” and “videos” 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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 92 · 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
13.8y ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 4 Jan 2013
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.1 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 5 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ jonnayde13.2y ago
I have tried many other plugins to put video’s on my webpage (wordpress blog). This one is the best and easyest one I have tried. It solve the Gab for self-hosted video’s on your blog.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rrraphael13.7y ago
It’s 2013, and stock WordPress still does not support self-hosted video blogs. This plugin fills the gap. All of the other video.js plugins require you to write out a long shortcode, manually copying and pasting in links to your videos in several formats, and any other options you want–I don’t have time for that. This plugins does away with all that, and gives you a simple button to use. I would like to see this merged with WP Video Posts, so that you could upload a video in a single format, have it automatically converted via ffmpeg with a thumbnail, and then have it served with video.js. Also, it could use a responsive video size option that some of the other video.js plugins have. Additionally, you will have to install a MIME-type plugin to get WordPress to recognize webm video.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Terry Delmar13.9y ago
Simplest video plugin to use i’ve tried.. However you will need to manually edit the mime types required for Smartphones etc. Or to make your life easier download and FTP to plugins: PJW mine config V1.00 to enable for example “webm” uploads into your Media Library. Used on a test site first and found no issues with editing mine types with WP 3.50 Tested 20MB ogv /20 + 200MB MP4 / 20MB webm & all worked.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ junjimalaza13.9y ago
OGV does not work on firefox and even mp4 does not work on IE i have something like this `[video mp4="http://thewebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/the-file-name.mp4" ogg="http://thewebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/the-file-name.ogv" autoplay="false" preload="true" setup="auto"] update 11-28-2012 I’ve recently checked with our server it seems that the ogv mime type was not registered. But I am still not seeing it on the iPhone
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Easily embed HTML5 videos from the Media Library into posts and pages."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions YouTube, Vimeo.
- ! Headings and lists 2 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,660 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 3 tags appear in the text.
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 after 681 days in tier
- 2020-11-28 500+ → 300+ down after 405 days in tier
- 2019-10-20 1K+ → 500+ 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).
- D Disable Video Download 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library 90K+ 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
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