oEmbed External Video
by Ali Qureshi · Media
Also makes 7 other plugins · 1.8K+ installs across the portfolio →
oEmbed External Video plugin converts any external mp4 url into HTML5 video tag
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Health
B 84/100
Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈270 estimated
Momentum
-51%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “html5” for “mp4 player”. “html5” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “mp4 player” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 62 average across 3,280 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.1%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 17.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,319 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 2 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 55 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ 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.
32
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.8
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
6%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| external video your tag | #3 | #16 | 0 |
| oembed your tag | #3 | #17 | 0 |
| external | #13 | #21 | 0 |
| mp4 your tag | #19 | #24 | down 2 |
| html5 video | #19 | #23 | 0 |
| secure video | #21 | #22 | 0 |
| external url | #14 | #22 | up 1 |
| mp4 player | #23 | #22 | 0 |
| external page | #20 | #23 | down 1 |
| html5 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| video your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
19 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 10 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 “html5” for “mp4 player”. “html5” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “mp4 player” sits at #23 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 389 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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 21 Oct 2026.
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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
2
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v2.4.1 · 7 Sep 2026
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 32% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 69% of the way through.
Install history since 17 Oct 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Bonjovicrzy418.0y ago
this is a very useful and excellent plugin for mp4 to embed them in buddypress streams when you do not want to use youtube all the time to show mp4 when you want them more private .. thank you very much for this plugin .. hopefully this will be kept update very hard to find this option
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ali Qureshi12.3y ago
Use the settings page to set width and height of player.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
3 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "oEmbed External Video plugin converts any external mp4 url into HTML5 video tag"
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions BuddyPress.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 781 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 300+ → 200+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-06-30 200+ → 300+ up after 42 days in tier
- 2026-05-19 300+ → 200+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-18 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-17 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-14 200+ → 300+ up after 10 days in tier
- 2026-05-04 300+ → 200+ down after 399 days in tier
- 2025-03-31 400+ → 300+ down after 374 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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Embedly 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B - W Wistia WordPress Plugin 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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Hide Related Video Youtube 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Bradmax Player 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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