Sp*tify Play Button for WordPress
by Johan Jonk Stenström · Uncategorized
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Health
C 60/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
2K+
≈3K estimated
Momentum
+56%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “song” and “songs” to your wp.org tags. You rank #22 and #22 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
60 health vs 58 average across 25,756 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.3%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 87.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,774 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 714 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
4.3★ over 4 reviews, smoothed to 4.11★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description under 30 characters
To rank higher: Last updated 714 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.
30
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
9%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-0.9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| spotify play button for wordpress your tag | #1 | #7 | 0 |
| spotify play button your tag | #2 | #13 | down 1 |
| spotify play | #2 | #12 | down 1 |
| play button | #7 | #20 | down 1 |
| embed spotify your tag | #16 | #20 | down 4 |
| spotify your tag | #23 | #22 | down 4 |
| songs | #22 | #20 | down 1 |
| song | #22 | #19 | down 1 |
| spotify embed | #21 | #22 | down 3 |
12 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “song” and “songs” to your wp.org tags. You rank #22 and #22 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
- One page off on “embed spotify”. #16 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 4.1K · peaks are release surges
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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
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
2.0y ago
latest release · v2.13 · 18 Nov 2024
33
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 74% 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 “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band yesterday and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 3K.
Install history since 24 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ padihr3.5y ago
Adding this plugin to a post lowers the page speed insight by 30 %!!! I would not recommend this plugin. Not sure whether it’s the plugin or the communication to Spotify, but a lazy-load would be great: Just load the layout and then – only on the click – start to set up the communication to Spotify. If this is given, I could give a 5-star rating. But like that, it’s quite dangerous for your website.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fractlf5.1y ago
This needs an update please.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ cruiseknowledge8.9y ago
All I needed for my website was a simple, inexpensive Spotify Play Button. Using the button installed by this plugin at the top of my edit page, everything worked perfectly! The results were better than expected and even provided a playlist for all the tracks in the album.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Nilo9.0y ago
Plugin rápido e direto, fácil para alterar configurações e permite diferentes layouts na página
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.13 Bug fix for old style embeds 2.13
- — Version 2.12 Security update Update for new Spotify embed 2.12
- — Version 2.11 Security update 2.11
- — Version 2.10 Use the latest Spotify embed Convert Share URL to URI for embed, since Spotify removed support for embedding Share URL 2.10
- — Version 2.09 Added lazy loading attribute for the embed 2.09
- — Version 2.08 Escape options in admin, security fix. Thanks Wordfence! 2.08
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 4 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (2.13). Sites still on an older version should update.
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Spotify Play Button for WordPress <= 2.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via spotifyplaybutton Shortcode ↗2024-11-25 CVE-2024-11192 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.11 Patched in 2.12
- Patched Medium · 4.4 Sp*tify Play Button for WordPress <= 2.07 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗2023-04-04 CVE-2023-1840 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.07 Patched in 2.08
- Patched Medium · 6.4 Sp*tify Play Button for WordPress <= 2.05 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode ↗2023-02-24 CVE-2023-26536 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.05 Patched in 2.06
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 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description is 25 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ! 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 Mentions Gutenberg.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,916 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 2 of 4 tags appear in the text; "embed Spotify", "spotify play button for wordpress" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-11-01 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-31 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-30 3K+ → 2K+ down after 595 days in tier
- 2025-03-14 4K+ → 3K+ down after 29 days in tier
- 2025-02-13 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-02-11 4K+ → 3K+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-02-05 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-02-04 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1324 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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Podcast Subscribe Buttons 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag B -
Anchor Episodes Index (Spotify for Podcasters) 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
Liza Widget For Spotify and Elementor 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B -
TechGasp Music Master 500+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag F -
Spotiembed 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
Embed this report card
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