TinyMCE YouTube Embed

by Mouad · Media

This is a plugin for the default WP editor (TinyMCE) that allows users to easily embed YouTube videos in their posts.

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⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews

Health

D 40/100

Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews

Active installs

20+

≈25 estimated

Momentum

-37%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “embed”, “tinymce” and “video” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

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How scoring works →

40 Health · D

Maintenance 3/100

Rating quality 62/100

Support 70/100

40 health vs 62 average across 3,278 Media plugins

20+

Active installs

≈25 estimated

6.1K

Total downloads

since 2012 · 0.3% still active

3.5/5

Rating

1.0 on wp.org · 2 reviews

-37%

Downloads · 30d

category median +10%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

0.3%

of downloads still active

At least 20 of 6.1K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,317 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

63/100

Maintenance 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, well behind 6.8.

Ratings · 2 reviews

Details

Version: 0.1
Last updated: 14.8y ago
Added: 2012-01-04 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP: 3.3.0
Tested up to: 3.3.2
Requires PHP: —

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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.

34 / 100

Under-optimized

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 0/100

Updated 5414 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 1/100

Tested up to WordPress 3.3.2; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 50/100

1.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 3.98★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 92/100

4 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 5414 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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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.

Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.

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
embed your tag	Not in the top 24
tinymce your tag	Not in the top 24
video your tag	Not in the top 24
youtube your tag	Not in the top 24

0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

What to do about it

“embed”, “tinymce” and “video” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-37% vs prior 30d

030 Oct 2026

40200

030 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 147 · peaks are release surges

2731 Oct 2026

150750

2731 Oct 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #25,300 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ 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 21 Oct 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.

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v0.1 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

20–30 ≈25

Crossed into this band 10 months ago; the previous band took 15 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

Install history since 4 Oct 2022

2031 Oct 2026

60300

2031 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗

★★★★★ TCNina
13.2y ago

Thanks for nothing
Read on wp.org ↗
★★★★★ lilglower
13.7y ago

Triggers a Fatal Error on Activation. Don’t bother.
Read on wp.org ↗

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4

✓ Low memory footprint

✓ Low page-speed impact

✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP

✓ No PHP errors

✓ No JS errors

✓ Activates cleanly

✓ No resource errors

✓ No external HTTP errors

✓ Optimized database use

✕ Frequently updated

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 31 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

✓ Says what it does "This is a plugin for the default WP editor (TinyMCE) that allows users to easily embed YouTube videos in th..."
! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you want"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
✓ Names what it works with Mentions YouTube.
! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
! Enough to quote 459 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

2026-01-03 30+ → 20+ down after 455 days in tier
2024-10-05 40+ → 30+ down after 192 days in tier
2024-03-27 50+ → 40+ down after 8 days in tier
2024-03-19 40+ → 50+ up after 2 days in tier
2024-03-17 50+ → 40+ down after 325 days in tier
2023-04-27 60+ → 50+ 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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Embed this report card

Drop a live Pulse card for TinyMCE YouTube Embed into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.

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Preview card ↗

TinyMCE YouTube Embed: 20+ active installs, 1.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/tinymce-youtube-embed

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