Simple YouTube
by Roi Dayan · Media
Simple youtube plugin to help embed youtube videos with playlist by time.
45 health vs 59 average across 1,894 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 4.3.34, 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 3881 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
15
now · peak 72
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 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-22 20+ → 10+ down after 396 days in tier
- 2025-05-22 30+ → 20+ down after 482 days in tier
- 2024-01-26 40+ → 30+ down after 214 days in tier
- 2023-06-26 50+ → 40+ down after 23 days in tier
- 2023-06-03 40+ → 50+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2023-05-28 50+ → 40+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Playlist Player for YouTube 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 4 shared tags A -
My YouTube Channel 5K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags C -
Meks Video Importer 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags C -
Protected Video 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A - S Smartideo 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
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Youtube Playlist Thumbs 100+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D
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