Smiling Video player and video content
by Smiling.Video: Monetize your website · Media
Smiling Video offers a video player with built-in premium video content of sport, news, cinema, music and many others.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-40%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “video” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
47 health vs 62 average across 3,291 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.3%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 3.4K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,322 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
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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 1257 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.2.15; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
1 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1257 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.
45
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 10d
33%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 10d
-0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| video your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 7 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “video” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 131 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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.
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
3.4y ago
latest release · v1.2.0 · 25 May 2023
5
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 “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.3 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ecapellini8.8y ago
Semplice da utilizzare e molto intuitivo. Cercavo da tempo un sistema per avere video di qualità nel mio blog. E’ più comodo persino di embeddare i video di youtube e in più si può guadagnare con i pre-roll. Ottima la tecnologia che propone i video correlati al titolo dell’articolo direttamente dall’editor del testo.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gdamore8.8y ago
Il plugin di Smiling.video è facile da utilizzare e non dà problemi (almeno con la mia versione di wordpress). Se state cercando un sostituto di Jwplayer o Flowplayer, sappiate che il player è meno completo. Ma se avete bisogno di contenuti video di qualità, la soluzione Smiling Video è davvero ottima. Qui trovate video di news, sport e cinema. This topic was modified 2 years ago by gdamore.
Read on wp.org ↗
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 6 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 5 of 6 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("whether you are", "for publishers").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,353 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 1 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-07-13 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2023-07-12 10+ → 20+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2023-07-10 20+ → 10+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2023-07-06 10+ → 20+ up after 41 days in tier
- 2023-05-26 20+ → 10+ down after 108 days in tier
- 2023-02-07 30+ → 20+ down
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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WP YouTube Lyte 20K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Easy Video Player 20K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick … 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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