WP JW Player
by tubepress · Media
WP JW Player is customizable flash player with embed function, rss feeds which allows you to publish video and text content at the same time.
41 health vs 60 average across 1,391 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 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4, 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 5592 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
61
now · peak 157
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 “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-12 60+ → 50+ down after 81 days in band
- 2026-04-22 70+ → 60+ down after 8 days in band
- 2026-04-14 60+ → 70+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-04-10 70+ → 60+ down after 144 days in band
- 2025-11-17 80+ → 70+ down after 59 days in band
- 2025-09-19 70+ → 80+ up after 4 days in band
- 2025-09-15 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in band
- 2025-09-14 70+ → 80+ up after 20 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Presto Player 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
All-in-One Video Gallery 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
HTML5 Video Player – Embed and Play Videos in Custom Player 20K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
FV Flowplayer Video Player 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A -
Videopack 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Jetpack VideoPress 7K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag B
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