WP Gfycat
by leogg · Media
A simple shortcode to add your gfycat videos into your website.
46 health vs 59 average across 1,598 Media plugins
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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.29, well behind 6.8.
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 2782 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 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
23
now · peak 77
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 “90+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,368 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-23 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-22 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-21 100+ → 90+ down after 10 days in tier
- 2026-02-11 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-02-10 100+ → 90+ down after 826 days in tier
- 2023-11-07 200+ → 100+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
-
Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 70K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Featured Video Plus 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags D -
Media Focus Point 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
DCO Comment Attachment 5K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Embedly 2K+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Easy SwipeBox 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
Embed this report card
Drop a live Pulse card for WP Gfycat into a readme, a review or a deck. It updates itself.
<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-gfycat" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP Gfycat — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP Gfycat: 90+ active installs, 4.7★ (6 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-gfycat