WP Videos
by Rogue Web Design · Media
Also makes 1 other plugin · 140+ installs across the portfolio →
WP Videos creates Video post types that you can easily add Vimeo, YouTube, WordPress, Shortcode or custom embed (third party) HTML and JS videos to.
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Health
D 52/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+8%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “video player”, “video post type” and “vimeo” 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.
52 health vs 62 average across 3,278 Media plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.4%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 26.5K 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.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 824 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.6.11; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 824 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| video player your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| video post type your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| vimeo your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wp videos your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| youtube your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 5 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
- “video player”, “video post type” and “vimeo” 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
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 248 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ 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.
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
2.3y ago
latest release · v3.0.9 · 29 Jul 2024
8
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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2.2 years 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 10 Aug 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Liam_Tayler6.8y ago
this plugin did take a while to configure (a few google api issues in the background). But the support has been nothing short of spectacular and we are incredibly happy with the site and its functionality.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.1
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 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "WP Videos creates Video post types that you can easily add Vimeo, YouTube, WordPress, Shortcode or custom e..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Gutenberg, YouTube, Vimeo.
- ✓ Headings and lists 5 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,373 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "video player" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2024-09-04 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-09-02 100+ → 200+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2024-08-25 200+ → 100+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2024-08-21 100+ → 200+ up after 45 days in tier
- 2024-07-07 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-06 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-05 200+ → 100+ down after 630 days in tier
- 2022-10-14 300+ → 200+ down after 4 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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Presto Player 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
All-in-One Video Gallery – Video Player & Galleries for YouTube, Vimeo & Self-Hosted Videos 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags A -
FluentPlayer – Video Player With Forms & Lead Capture 2K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags A -
SmartVideo – Video Player and CDN 1K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
VideoIgniter – Video Player 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Frames Video Player 20+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
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