Open Beacon MP4 Conversion and Compression

Easily convert video to MP4 and compress existing MP4 files to smaller sizes for WordPress media or to save locally for a variety of other uses.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

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45 Health · D

Maintenance 3/100

Rating quality 74/100

Support 70/100

45 health vs 62 average across 1,175 Media plugins

60+

Active installs

≈67 estimated

6.0K

Total downloads

since 2015

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

-53%

Downloads · 30d

trailing 30 days

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, 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.

36 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100

WP compatibility 4/100

Rating quality 51/100

Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3966 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-53% vs prior 30d

Oct 22

Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

now · peak 164

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

Open Beacon MP4 Conv · #19676 Stream Video Player · #8258 oEmbed External Vide · #11322 Flowplayer Platform · #25412

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.

modeled estimate

60–70 ≈67

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations

Ratings · 1 reviews

Details

Version: 1.0.1
Last updated: 10.9y ago
Added: 2015-09-05 · 10 yrs on WP
Requires WP: 3.6
Tested up to: 4.1.42
Requires PHP: —

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Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

2026-07-12 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
2026-07-11 60+ → 50+ down after 29 days in band
2026-06-12 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in band
2026-06-11 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in band
2026-06-10 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
2026-06-08 60+ → 50+ down after 75 days in band
2026-03-25 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in band
2026-03-22 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in band

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