Lightweight and Responsive Youtube Embed
by wpszaki · Media
Make your embedded Youtube videos responsive & lightweight with this plugin. Reduce the loading time of your site and increase the user experience …
43 health vs 59 average across 2,204 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31, 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 2926 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 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
77
now · peak 158
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
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
8.9y ago
latest release · v1.0
1
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 “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2019-11-21 · 1,384 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ szepesif8.0y ago
The plugin does it’s job perfectly, it speeds up the sites and reducing load times by replacing the default Youtube player with a lightweight solution.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ albertcorbett8.5y ago
Instalei, ativei, configurei e alterei o código de vários vídeos em meu blog, porém ele não aparece nada, fica apenas um quadrado preto no lugar do vídeo. É uma pena, pois precisava diminuir o uso de transferência de meu blog, e isso ajudaria muito. A ideia é excelente, mas não funcionou!
Read on wp.org ↗
Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, 2 still affect the current version.
- Medium · 6.4 Lightweight and Responsive Youtube Embed <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-04-01 CVE-2025-31743 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.0.0 No patch available
- Medium · 6.4 Lightweight and Responsive Youtube Embed <= 1.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-04-01 CVE-2025-31744 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.0.0 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.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-10 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-09 30+ → 40+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2026-04-30 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-04-29 30+ → 40+ up after 36 days in tier
- 2026-03-24 40+ → 30+ down after 49 days in tier
- 2026-02-03 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-01-30 40+ → 30+ down after 294 days in tier
- 2025-04-11 50+ → 40+ down after 18 days in tier
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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Simple YouTube Embed 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags B - R Responsive video embed 900+ installs · 4.2★ · 4 shared tags C
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Embeds for YouTube 9K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C -
Embed YouTube Block – Fast Loading Videos, Shorts & Playlists 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Simple YouTube Responsive 3K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags B - R Responsive Video Embeds 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
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