WP Mp3 Player
by Neil Hillman · Admin & Utilities
WP Mp3 Player is a widgetized audio player for your sidebar. It's easy to setup, and works with any broswer or device.
45 health vs 54 average across 2,225 Admin & Utilities 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34, 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 3901 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 2022-10-07 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
57
now · peak 160
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 2022-10-06 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-10 60+ → 50+ down after 10 days in band
- 2026-06-30 50+ → 60+ up after 10 days in band
- 2026-06-20 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-18 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-06-16 60+ → 50+ down after 124 days in band
- 2026-02-12 50+ → 60+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-02-10 60+ → 50+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-02-08 50+ → 60+ up after 5 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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HTML5 Audio Player – The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Cue by AudioTheme.com 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C -
Spreaker Shortcode 4K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D -
Audio Album 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B -
mb.miniAudioPlayer – an HTML5 audio player for your mp3 files 4K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D -
Meks Audio Player 1K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-mp3-player" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP Mp3 Player — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP Mp3 Player: 50+ active installs, 5.0★ (1 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-mp3-player