My Recent YouTube Widget
by Dana Ross · Media
Also makes 7 other plugins · 870+ installs across the portfolio →
Embed the most recent YouTube videos for a user in a sidebar
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Health
D 42/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
40+
≈41 estimated
Momentum
-29%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “embed”, “video” and “youtube” 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.
42 health vs 62 average across 3,299 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 40 of 12.4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,324 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 16+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, 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 5882 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.0.5; the current branch is 7.1
1.0★ over 1 review, weighted for review count to 4.0★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5882 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| embed your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| video 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. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “embed”, “video” and “youtube” 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 90 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #21,400 to #22,800, alongside the other plugins at 40+ 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
16.1y ago
latest release · v0.4 · 26 Sep 2010
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 “40+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 22 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 40.
At the current install trend, crossing 50+ in roughly 368 days.
Install history since 1 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ aparentdesign11.4y ago
Sad to have to find another plugin.
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 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 "Embed the most recent YouTube videos for a user in a sidebar"
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 60 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ 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
- 2026-10-12 30+ → 40+ up after 151 days in tier
- 2026-05-14 40+ → 30+ down after 162 days in tier
- 2025-12-03 50+ → 40+ down after 82 days in tier
- 2025-09-12 40+ → 50+ up after 61 days in tier
- 2025-07-13 50+ → 40+ down after 209 days in tier
- 2024-12-16 60+ → 50+ down after 183 days in tier
- 2024-06-16 70+ → 60+ down after 118 days in tier
- 2024-02-19 80+ → 70+ down after 204 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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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 Embed 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B -
WP YouTube Live 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B - R Responsive video embed 800+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B
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All Embed – Multi-Source Embed Widgets for Elementor 500+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags A
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