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Velocity – Video Lazy Loading for YouTube, Twitch and Vimeo

by connekthq · Performance

Improve website performance by lazy loading and customizing your YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch and SoundCloud media embeds.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
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47 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 81/100
Support 70/100

47 health vs 76 average across 285 Performance plugins

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-36% vs prior 30d
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

100

now · peak 186

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

Velocity · #11099 Lazy Load for Videos · #2264 Presto Player · #362 iframe · #626

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 “300+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
300–400 ≈390

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,379 observations

Details

Version
1.2.1
Last updated
6.5y ago
Added
2016-03-03 · 10 yrs on WP
Requires WP
4.0
Tested up to
5.3.21
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-06-15 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
  2. 2025-06-13 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
  3. 2025-06-12 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
  4. 2025-06-10 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
  5. 2025-06-09 400+ → 300+ down after 14 days in band
  6. 2025-05-26 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in band
  7. 2025-05-25 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in band
  8. 2025-05-23 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in band

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Velocity – Video Lazy Loading for YouTube, Twitch and Vimeo: 300+ active installs, 4.8★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-16. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/velocity