Rio Video Gallery
by riosisgroup · Media
A powerful Video Gallery plugin that allows you to embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo and Dailymotion through categories. You can manage them through a …
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Health
D 48/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews · Open vulnerability
Active installs
80+
≈86 estimated
Momentum
+2%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “embed videos”, “video” and “video gallery” 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.
48 health vs 62 average across 3,292 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 80 of 21.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,323 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.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19.
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 1785 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.8.19; the current branch is 6.8
4.1★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1785 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| embed videos your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| video your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| video gallery your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| videos your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| youtube your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “embed videos”, “video” and “video gallery” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 214 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #17,400 to #18,100, alongside the other plugins at 80+ 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 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
4.9y ago
latest release · v2.3.6 · 13 Dec 2021
11
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
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 “80+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 62% of the way through.
Install history since 10 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Joe10.6y ago
This works but is horrible. It displays horribly. The 5 star reviews must be fake.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mecop10.9y ago
This plugin do exactly what i need. Easy and responsive.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anila Pulakkal11.1y ago
Really happy with this amazing plugin. Thanks.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ CodeBite11.1y ago
Very good plugin. It works the same as advertised. Very easy to configure and use. Recommended.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dnels2212.5y ago
Good simple gallery, but cannot currently be used – kills LayerSlider: it simply doesn’t show up.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ shabanehsan12.6y ago
i also found this plug in. very easy to use and best.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ vigiliance12.7y ago
Easy to use and the best! I recommend it to all people who needs a video gallery!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Shinu K Narayanan12.8y ago
I found Rio Video Gallery really easy to set up and to understand with a good interface. Thanks for this great plugin..
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (2.3.6). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
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
3 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 "A powerful Video Gallery plugin that allows you to embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo and Dailymotion through..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Displaying 404 Error").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions YouTube, Vimeo.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 665 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 5 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-15 90+ → 80+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2026-06-04 80+ → 90+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-03 90+ → 80+ down after 70 days in tier
- 2026-03-25 100+ → 90+ down after 705 days in tier
- 2024-04-19 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-04-17 100+ → 200+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2024-04-12 200+ → 100+ down after 513 days in tier
- 2022-11-16 300+ → 200+ down after 7 days in tier
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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Presto Player 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Advanced WordPress Backgrounds 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
All-in-One Video Gallery – Video Player & Galleries for YouTube, Vimeo & Self-Hosted Videos 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP YouTube Lyte 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Videopack 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Embeds for YouTube 9K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C
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