Video Gallery – YouTube, Vimeo Gallery & YouTube API
by A WP Life · Media
Also makes 31 other plugins · 78.5K+ installs across the portfolio →
Create video portfolio with YouTube and Vimeo video galleries. Features YouTube API integration, lightbox popup player, and grid layouts.
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Health
A 85/100
Few reviews
Active installs
1K+
≈1.5K estimated
Momentum
-3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “responsive lightbox”, “video player” and “video gallery” for “youtube api”, “vimeo” and “video embedding”. “responsive lightbox” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “youtube api” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “video player” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “vimeo” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “video gallery” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “video embedding” sits at #17 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
85 health vs 62 average across 3,278 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 113K 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.
This plugin shipped 8 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 60 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.0★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.09★ 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.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
18%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| youtube api | #7 | #18 | 0 |
| video conference | #4 | #11 | up 2 |
| vimeo gallery your tag | #8 | #21 | 0 |
| vimeo | #13 | #22 | down 1 |
| youtube vimeo local video | #5 | #17 | 0 |
| video gallery your tag | #23 | #24 | down 3 |
| sticky video for youtube | #8 | #21 | up 1 |
| ad gallery | #8 | #20 | 0 |
| youtube gallery your tag | #23 | #24 | down 1 |
| vimeo video | #21 | #24 | 0 |
| video portfolio | #21 | #22 | up 1 |
| popup player | #22 | #22 | 0 |
| video embedding | #17 | #22 | down 2 |
| youtube playlist | #17 | #21 | 0 |
| secure video | #19 | #19 | up 1 |
| sidebar youtube video | #11 | #20 | down 1 |
| vimeo grid | #12 | #24 | down 1 |
| video ads | #20 | #24 | 0 |
| sticky video | #20 | #23 | 0 |
| youtube playlist gallery | #12 | #22 | 0 |
| responsive lightbox your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| video player your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
121 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 79 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
- Swap “responsive lightbox”, “video player” and “video gallery” for “youtube api”, “vimeo” and “video embedding”. “responsive lightbox” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “youtube api” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “video player” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “vimeo” sits at #13 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “video gallery” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #23. “video embedding” sits at #17 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.4K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
8
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v2.0.3 · 1 Sep 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 · 25% 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 “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.2 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 1 Jun 2018
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.0.3). Sites still on an older version should update.
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 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 4 languages, 0 at 90% or more
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 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Create video portfolio with YouTube and Vimeo video galleries. Features YouTube API integration, lightbox p..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 13 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 13 of 13 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("use cases"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Gutenberg, YouTube, Vimeo and 1 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 9 headings and 10 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,729 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("responsive lightbox", "vimeo gallery", "youtube gallery" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-09-03 2K+ → 1K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-09-01 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-31 2K+ → 1K+ down after 310 days in tier
- 2023-10-26 3K+ → 2K+ down after 117 days in tier
- 2023-07-01 4K+ → 3K+ down after 19 days in tier
- 2023-06-12 3K+ → 4K+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2023-05-30 2K+ → 3K+ up after 544 days in tier
- 2021-12-02 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1095 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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Video Gallery Block – showcase your videos in a filterable gallery 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags A -
All-in-One Video Gallery – Video Player & Galleries for YouTube, Vimeo & Self-Hosted Videos 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Videopack 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
MetaSlider Gallery – Image Gallery, Lightbox Galleries, Video Galleries 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A -
Video Gallery – Vimeo and YouTube Gallery 6K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D -
Vimeography: Vimeo Video Gallery WordPress Plugin 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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