PressPlay Lite
by walkerofbass · Media
Also makes 1 other plugin · 40+ installs across the portfolio →
PressPlay Lite automatically adds a play button along side any MP3 link.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
30+
≈35 estimated
Momentum
+14%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “audio”, “media” and “mp3” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
46 health vs 62 average across 3,279 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.9%
of downloads still active
At least 30 of 3.4K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,317 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.
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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 4525 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.9.40; the current branch is 6.8
4.8★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4525 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| audio your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| media your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mp3 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| play button your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| player your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
2 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 2 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “audio”, “media” and “mp3” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 151 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #23,000 to #24,800, alongside the other plugins at 30+ 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.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “30+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.7 years ago; the previous band took 14 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 12 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ rickmp3s12.2y ago
you can still get original delicious playtagger at http://plus1plus1plus.org/wiki/pub/playtagger_mod/ grab it before it too goes away
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous13.0y ago
When I downloaded and unzipped this, the top level directory in the archive is called “pressplay-lite,” but the code generated in wordpress posts and pages looks for its files beneath “pressplaylite”; as a result, nothing worked. I deactivated the plugin, changed the directory name, reactivated it, and now it works as advertised—which is very nicely, BTW. If it weren’t for the directory name glitch, this would be five stars.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ lanexa13.1y ago
I’m developing with this plugin at the moment and finally – a simple, elegant plugin for audio play on a web site. Thanks Doug!!!! Can’t wait for the full-featured version to come out.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ walkerofbass13.1y ago
Works as advertised! I give it a high rating because it’s exactly what I was looking for, didn’t find, so created myself. Super simple implementation. Haven’t encountered any problems yet. Customizable skin. Low-profile, un-invasive button. Flexible. Easy for an end-user to manage. Full-featured version is under development. Please check it out & give me feedback/suggestions for future versions. Thanks! Enjoy!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "PressPlay Lite automatically adds a play button along side any MP3 link."
- ! 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 Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 805 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "player" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-02-06 40+ → 30+ down after 415 days in tier
- 2022-12-18 50+ → 40+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2022-12-15 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2022-12-14 50+ → 40+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2022-12-13 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2022-12-11 50+ → 40+ down after 18 days in tier
- 2022-11-23 40+ → 50+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2022-11-22 50+ → 40+ down after 3 days in tier
Competes with
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