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Open Beacon MP4 Conversion and Compression

by Thabo David Klass · Media

Also makes 3 other plugins · 100+ installs across the portfolio →

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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
How scoring works →
45 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

45 health vs 59 average across 2,206 Media plugins

60+

Active installs

≈67 estimated

6.1K

Total downloads

since 2015

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

+26%

77

Downloads · 30d

category median +21%

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 4011 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 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+26% vs prior 30d
-8Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

77

now · peak 164

8230d downloads · Aug 26

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 you Stream Video Player · #8208 oEmbed External Vide · #11322 Popup Maker · #90

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.

1.4Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
60–70 ≈67

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2019-12-10 · 1,385 observations

60Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 1 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0.1
Last updated
11.0y ago
Added
2015-09-05 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
3.6
Tested up to
4.1.42
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ jill.garvey
    11.0y ago

    This plugin is pretty easy to use, especially for people who already have a local WP installation running. This is exactly what I needed, to covert video and compress big files without running into any complexity. Not to mention, it uses FFmpeg which is already widely available. It’s pretty timely, 🙂

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Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-07-12 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-07-11 60+ → 50+ down after 29 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-12 50+ → 60+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-06-11 60+ → 50+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-10 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in tier
  6. 2026-06-08 60+ → 50+ down after 75 days in tier
  7. 2026-03-25 70+ → 60+ down after 3 days in tier
  8. 2026-03-22 60+ → 70+ up after 1 days in tier

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