Ninja Embed Plugin
by gerhard · Media
Easily embed media from YouTube, Vimeo, Yahoo Video and Soundcloud into your posts, pages and templates.
45 health vs 63 average across 1,050 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 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, 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 4965 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
52
now · peak 160
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-18 70+ → 60+ down after 5 days in band
- 2026-01-13 60+ → 70+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-01-11 70+ → 60+ down after 188 days in band
- 2025-07-07 80+ → 70+ down after 2 days in band
- 2025-07-05 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-04 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-03 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in band
- 2025-07-02 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- I iframe 70K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
- R Responsive video embed 900+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B
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Presto Player 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
All-in-One Video Gallery 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Compact WP Audio Player 20K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Embeds for YouTube 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
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