Video Player
by Playwire · Media
Upload, manage and embed videos with Video Player. All-in-one video content management, HTML5 video player and monetization.
42 health vs 60 average across 1,468 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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 3811 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
26
now · peak 70
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 “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,375 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-03-25 20+ → 10+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-03-23 10+ → 20+ up after 22 days in band
- 2026-03-01 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-02-26 10+ → 20+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-25 20+ → 10+ down after 3 days in band
- 2026-02-22 10+ → 20+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-02-18 20+ → 10+ down after 8 days in band
- 2026-02-10 10+ → 20+ up after 9 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Videopack 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
Presto Player 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
All-in-One Video Gallery 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Jetpack VideoPress 7K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Vimeography: Vimeo Video Gallery WordPress Plugin 5K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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