Smart YouTube and Twitch Embed
by SwiftNinjaPro · Media
Easily embed responsive lazy loading YouTube/twitch videos, playlists, and channels using shortcodes. Also add a secondary fallback video for when vid …
45 health vs 59 average across 1,719 Media plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.5.18.
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 2010 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
58
now · peak 165
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 “60+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-01 70+ → 60+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2026-03-27 60+ → 70+ up after 13 days in tier
- 2026-03-14 70+ → 60+ down after 225 days in tier
- 2025-08-01 80+ → 70+ down after 11 days in tier
- 2025-07-21 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-20 80+ → 70+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-07-15 70+ → 80+ up after 25 days in tier
- 2025-06-20 80+ → 70+ down after 6 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Simple YouTube Embed 5K+ installs · 4.1★ · 4 shared tags B - I iframe 70K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A
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Embeds for YouTube 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags C -
Embed YouTube Block – Fast Loading Videos, Shorts & Playlists 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP YouTube Live 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B - W WP YouTube Player 1K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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