(MB) YouTube Widget
by Mechabyte · Social
The YouTube videos widget lets you quickly and easily display your most recent YouTube videos in your blog's sidebar.
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Health
D 44/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
50+
≈60 estimated
Momentum
+39%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “recent videos”, “social” and “subscribe” 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.
44 health vs 58 average across 1,835 Social plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 50 of 12.7K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Social plugin keeps 0.5%, across 1,276 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Social 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 3.6.1, well behind 7.1.
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 4840 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.6.1; the current branch is 7.1
3.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4840 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| recent videos your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| social your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| subscribe your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| videos your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| youtube your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “recent videos”, “social” and “subscribe” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 98 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #20,100 to #21,300, alongside the other plugins at 50+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
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
13.3y ago
latest release · v1.05 · 2 Aug 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 “50+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 60.
Install history since 13 Aug 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Theunknown111.6y ago
That Plugin was exactly what i needed. Lightweight, working and redesign with css possible
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ EOSlover13.1y ago
Because the thumbnail image does not have TITLE or ALT attribute, the whole website is failing validation. Having TITLE or ALT attribute in IMG tag is a must and basics of HTML. Once its fixed, rating will go to 5/5.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Eliasz Kubala13.3y ago
Work Perfectyly. Can you make a html tags to use this plugin in post or page? For example <YouTubeWidget username=”” type=”” number=””></YouTubeWidget> Regards, Eliah.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "The YouTube videos widget lets you quickly and easily display your most recent YouTube videos in your blog'..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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.
- ✓ Headings and lists 4 headings and 1 list.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,023 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "social", "subscribe" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-21 60+ → 50+ down after 213 days in tier
- 2026-03-22 70+ → 60+ down after 118 days in tier
- 2025-11-24 80+ → 70+ down after 227 days in tier
- 2025-04-11 90+ → 80+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2025-04-03 80+ → 90+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2025-03-28 90+ → 80+ down after 262 days in tier
- 2024-07-09 100+ → 90+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-07-05 90+ → 100+ up after 1 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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Feed Them Social – Social Media Feeds, Video, and Photo Galleries 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Grow for WordPress 10K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags C - W WP YouTube Player 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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Responsive videos – Fitvids 700+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Easy Support Videos – Embed videos in the admin 500+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Lite YouTube Embed 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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