Papaya YouTube Widget
by Papaya design & marketing · Admin & Utilities
Simple, lightweight plugin that provides a widget and shortcode to include videos from a YouTube channel in your sidebar or on a page.
56 health vs 54 average across 4,742 Admin & Utilities plugins
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.
Room to improve
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 664 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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Since 2024-09-16 · 730 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
27
now · peak 27
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “—”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2026-09-15 · 2 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
No tier crossings observed yet.
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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My YouTube Channel 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags C -
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Meks Video Importer 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C -
Auto YouTube Importer 1K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Blocksy Companion 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
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