Video Overlayer
by CobaltApps · Media
Also makes 1 other plugin · 70+ installs across the portfolio →
Video Overlayer is a Plugin that overlays your embedded iFrame videos with an image. Make your embedded videos responsive, branded, cleaner, faster.
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Health
D 47/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
10+
≈15 estimated
Momentum
-39%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “embed”, “responsive” and “responsive videos” 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.
47 health vs 62 average across 3,291 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.1%
of downloads still active
At least 10 of 8.6K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Media plugin keeps 0.8%, across 2,322 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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 5160 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.4.2; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 5 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 5160 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.
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 | ||
| responsive your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| responsive videos your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| video your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “embed”, “responsive” and “responsive videos” 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 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.5K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #30,400 to #44,800, alongside the other plugins at 10+ 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 1 Nov 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.
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
14.1y ago
latest release · v1.0.1 · 16 Sep 2012
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “10+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 12 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Jan 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ webdelectable12.1y ago
This plugin works great! Would recommend.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ csborgman13.7y ago
Very easy and work well so far.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ essz13.7y ago
Good job, thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ryanlit579713.9y ago
Awesome, simple to use and effective. I needed a plugin to make a ustream.tv iframe responsive. It was way easier than I had expected to add a non supported player. I thought I would be in and out of .js / .php files for a bit but non of that was needed…works perfectly. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ rowemore13.9y ago
Awesome plugin, great work. Makes videos responsive (at the size they were started at, like the author states, but not if you resize window during playback, but that’s usually OK for most use-cases) and the overlay really does make the page a lot cleaner from a design perspective. I sit your white overlay on top of a gray div, to give the the static white overlay a gray border — it’s a really good-looking treatment. Thanks for this plugin; it did what I was looking for and more.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 2 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Video Overlayer is a Plugin that overlays your embedded iFrame videos with an image. Make your embedded vid..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("ideal for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 626 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "responsive videos" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-20 20+ → 10+ down after 25 days in tier
- 2025-10-26 10+ → 20+ up after 94 days in tier
- 2025-07-24 20+ → 10+ down after 284 days in tier
- 2024-10-13 10+ → 20+ up after 56 days in tier
- 2024-08-18 20+ → 10+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-08-17 10+ → 20+ up after 124 days in tier
- 2024-04-15 20+ → 10+ down after 497 days in tier
- 2022-12-05 30+ → 20+ down after 2 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).
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Simple YouTube Embed 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags B - R Responsive Video Embeds 2K+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
- R Responsive video embed 800+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B
- R Responsive Videos by Angie Makes 600+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D
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Ductile Responsive Video 400+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags C -
Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick … 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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