Stream Video Player
by rodrigopolo · Media
Stream Video Player for WordPress its one stop solution for high quality video publishing for web or iOS.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 41/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
600+
≈660 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: Swap “flash” for “swf”. “flash” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “swf” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
41 health vs 62 average across 3,280 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.2%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 356.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,319 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.
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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42, well behind 6.8.
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 3260 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.1.42; the current branch is 6.8
2.6★ over 20 reviews, smoothed to 3.67★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3260 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
-0.6
Velocity
places per keyword, 24d
0%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 24d
-0.6
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| jw player | #17 | #13 | down 1 |
| jw player 7 | #10 | #7 | 0 |
| swf | #24 | #17 | down 1 |
| flash your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| flv your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| mp4 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| stream your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| video your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
7 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 3 listed. 4 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “flash” for “swf”. “flash” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “swf” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 433 · 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
11.9y ago
latest release · v1.4.1 · 20 Dec 2014
22
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 92% 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 “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 64% of the way through.
Install history since 24 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ metaeditor10.1y ago
Still my favorite Video Plugin , the downside have to maintain the updates by myself but worth . Responsible for 90% of the social Traffic on the blog
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Friso11.1y ago
Worked for a while, but now it is not maintained anymore. Switched to the standard WordPress Video support.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous11.6y ago
The plugin does not work anymore.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mariux_xp11.7y ago
the player doesn’t show everything is in its place http://example.com/wp-content/plugins/stream-video-player/ |– player.swf |– yt.swf +– plugins | |– captions.swf | |– gapro.swf | |– hd.swf | |– ltas.swf | |– qualitymonitor.swf | +– sharing.swf +– skins |– beelden.zip |– dangdang.swf |– imeo.swf |– lulu.zip |– modieus.zip +– stormtrooper.zip
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tnkate12.1y ago
I am a novice, but I followed the instructions on the video and it is streaming just fine for me. With the exception of the excerpt/content issue if I click on the actual post, then I get the (video). Came here for guidance on how to fix it per Plug-in FAQs. I only see “(video)” on my blog, why? With some WordPress themes when you are browsing your blog, doing a search or any other thing that shows multiple post on one page you may see only the word “(video)” instead of the actual video BUT in a single page with a single post you can see your video, the reason to this behavior is to prevent some XHTML issues because the theme you are using is running the function “the_excerpt()” instead of “the_content()”, the “the_excerpt()” function cut a post in a small pice of text and because this plug-in generate XHTML code it could lead to a disaster in terms of code when a XHTML tag is not closed, a solution could be to use other plug-in that replaces the “the_excerpt()” function or to change your theme code to run “the_content()” instead of the “the_excerpt()” combined with the use the “<!–more–>” comment tag in your content.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chrislondon12.3y ago
A real shame. This used to be a good player but it isn’t fully compatible with recent versions of WP. Some of the videos on my site are broken now and I can’t use it to embed Youtube. So I guess the best thing to do is find a replacement player, then go through my whole site and replace every single video. Bummer.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ 4lvin12.6y ago
Nothing is coming up but a Gray Screen while clicking on the “Media Library” button. Then nothing can’t be done at all. Is it a known bug, please? But anyway its a serious bug. Please help to check asap 🙁
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ xhaspecia12.8y ago
Thanks! nice job! when i have an video or live stram on an url that your plugin does not find the iframe. but i have dhe embed code of it 4 ex: “<iframe src=”http://www.somesite.com/vid/A65XXXXXXXC270″ width=”600″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe>”, can i show this iframe(rem. i have only the embed code) through your plugin? if “yes”, how?
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.4.1). 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.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 62 languages, 3 at 90% or more
Plus 38 more locales with partial translations.
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 26 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 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 2 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you run"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions YouTube.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,392 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("flash", "flv", "mp4" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-24 700+ → 600+ down after 156 days in tier
- 2026-01-19 800+ → 700+ down after 108 days in tier
- 2025-10-03 900+ → 800+ down after 162 days in tier
- 2025-04-24 1K+ → 900+ down after 881 days in tier
- 2022-11-25 2K+ → 1K+ down after 565 days in tier
- 2021-05-09 3K+ → 2K+ down after 280 days in tier
- 2020-08-02 4K+ → 3K+ down after 417 days in tier
- 2019-06-12 9K+ → 4K+ down after 833 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).
- W WP-SWFObject 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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oEmbed External Video 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Media Stream (Bunny Stream Video Offload) 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Open Beacon MP4 Conversion and Compression 50+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D - F Flowplayer for WordPress 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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