Spreebie Transcoder – Resize, Compress and Store Video
by Thabo David Klass · Media
SPREEBIE TRANSCODER is a WordPress plugin that resizes, compresses and stores MP4 video via FFmpeg and Google Cloud Storage.
45 health vs 61 average across 1,234 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.22, 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 2670 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
49
now · peak 158
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 “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,381 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-30 40+ → 30+ down after 177 days in band
- 2025-12-04 50+ → 40+ down after 6 days in band
- 2025-11-28 40+ → 50+ up after 129 days in band
- 2025-07-22 50+ → 40+ down after 6 days in band
- 2025-07-16 40+ → 50+ up after 6 days in band
- 2025-07-10 50+ → 40+ down after 5 days in band
- 2025-07-05 40+ → 50+ up after 189 days in band
- 2024-12-28 50+ → 40+ down after 7 days in band
Competes with
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