Lazy load videos and sticky control
by Aishan · Media
Lazy load videos and keep them visible with sticky playback support.
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Health
B 81/100
Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
80+
≈81 estimated
Momentum
-16%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: One page off on “lazyload”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
81 health vs 62 average across 3,304 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 6.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,327 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.
This plugin shipped 5 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 81 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.0.8; the current branch is 7.1
4.2★ over 5 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ 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
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| lazyload video your tag | #7 | #21 | 0 |
| lazyload your tag | #13 | #18 | up 2 |
| sticky video your tag | #14 | #22 | down 1 |
| lazy load video | #12 | #23 | 0 |
| sticky video player wordpress | #17 | #21 | down 2 |
| sticky post control | #17 | #21 | down 1 |
| iframe lazy load | #20 | #24 | 0 |
| sticky video for youtube | #21 | #23 | down 1 |
| shortcode your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| video your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
18 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 10 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- One page off on “lazyload”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “sticky video”. #14 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- “shortcode” and “video” 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 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 255 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
3mo ago
latest release · v4.0.3 · 15 Aug 2026
12
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 40% 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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 50 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 80.
Install history since 5 Dec 2020
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (4.0.3). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
- Open Medium · 6.4 Lazy load videos and sticky control <= 3.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2024-11-20 CVE-2024-11428 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 3.0.0 No patch available
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.
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 4 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 10 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 10 of 10 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you need"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, YouTube, Vimeo.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 12 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,919 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "lazyload", "lazyload video" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-09-15 70+ → 80+ up after 15 days in tier
- 2026-08-31 90+ → 70+ down after 18 days in tier
- 2026-08-13 100+ → 90+ down after 1361 days in tier
- 2022-11-21 200+ → 100+ down after 48 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 100+ → 200+ up
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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VOD Infomaniak 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
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