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MediaBlaster – Video CMS, Vimeo Import, Live TV & Podcasts

by Rovidx Media, Inc. · Media

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Turn WordPress into a video CMS with HLS/DASH playback, Vimeo import, podcast RSS, live channels/EPG, and an app-ready REST API.

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Health

A 85/100

no flags

Active installs

200+

≈260 estimated

Momentum

-9%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Swap “video player”, “vimeo” and “podcast” for “dash”, “cms” and “hls”. “video player” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “dash” sits at #15 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “vimeo” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #24. “cms” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “podcast” isn't earning its slot: it only gets you to #19. “hls” sits at #19 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.

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85 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 72/100
Support 70/100
Security 98/100

85 health vs 62 average across 3,278 Media plugins

200+

Active installs

≈260 estimated

49.4K

Total downloads

since 2017 · 0.4% still active

3.9/5

Rating

14 reviews

-9%

767

Downloads · 30d

category median +10%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

0.4%

of downloads still active

At least 200 of 49.4K 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.

This plugin shipped 8 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.

Ratings · 14 reviews

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5★
9 4★
1 3★
1 2★
0 1★
3

Details

Version
3.2.3
Last updated
9d ago
Added
2017-07-10 · 9 yrs old
Requires WP
6.3
Tested up to
7.1.4
Requires PHP
7.4
Changelog ↗Support forum ↗Reviews ↗Advanced stats ↗

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.

92 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Most to gain: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100

Updated 9 days ago

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 67/100

3.9★ over 14 reviews, smoothed to 4.06★ and held back under 25 reviews

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-9% vs prior 30d
1530 Oct 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 767 · peaks are release surges

76731 Oct 2026

Directory rank

Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ 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.

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.931 Oct 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

8531 Oct 2026

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.

3.8K31 Oct 2026

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

8

releases in the last 12 months

9d ago

latest release · v3.2.3 · 22 Oct 2026

31

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

3.2.3 · 22 Oct 20263.2.2 · 15 Oct 20263.2.1 · 31 Aug 20263.2.0 · 11 Aug 20263.1.2 · 15 Jul 20263.1.1 · 7 Jul 20263.1.0 · 11 Jun 20263.0.0 · 5 Jun 20262.2.4 · 15 Sep 20252.2.3 · 15 Sep 20252.2.1 · 15 Sep 20252.2.0 · 15 Sep 20252.1.9 · 14 Jan 20252.1.8 · 14 Sep 2022

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.1 33%
v3.1 31%
v2.2 24%
v1.7 6.4%
v2.0 5.6%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
200–300 ≈260

Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 65% of the way through.

Install history since 13 May 2020

20031 Oct 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. ★★★★★ dicalzi
    3.3y ago

    WP Smart TV is a great plugin for those who have a little bit of time setting up. I needed it to set up a Roku channel, and it worked. However, it took many months to get it actually working. To be clear, this is not the extension’s fault, it’s mine. I was using Roku Direct Publisher which is completely different from Roku SDK channels. As soon as I converted to using SDK channels, it worked fine. All you have to do is add the feed URL provided by WP Smart TV and insert into your manifest. I use this service called ‘Wistia’ which allows 10 free video streams for free accounts, and it works well with this. As soon as I got the MP4 stream from Wistia, I put it into WP Smart TV and it worked great! I had trouble getting the recipes to work, which is what makes the rows in the app work. Though, after a bit of researching and poking around, I’m sure I’ll figure it out at some point or another. I don’t think that it’s this plugin’s fault, but rather something’s wrong with my Roku channel’s code. I would recommend this plugin 100% for people in specific use cases like mine.

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  2. ★★★★★ onetwotenmarketing
    3.8y ago

    The plugin does not work. The JSON feed produced is not compatible with Roku. Also no response from support.

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  3. ★★★★★ tpd4life
    3.9y ago

    Hi Rob, I appreciate all your support the plugin has been really cool. I am trying to see if there is an alternative to using Vimeo Pro to sync videos from site to Roku Direct Publisher. I am using Dream Host VPS basic. Is it possible to just point Roku to my website instead of Vimeo?

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  4. ★★★★★ spycraft3r
    4.6y ago

    This plugin does not work with the latest wordpress

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  5. ★★★★★ chale0121
    6.1y ago

    Say this worked perfectly the only thing i could not figrue out how to do is how to do an audio station with shoutcast. However I will be purchasing the amazon firestick one soon. This is going to help our small hosting company offer to our client’s channel works perfect with our wowza streaming engine. Keep up the amazing work.

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  6. ★★★★★ edprice
    6.5y ago

    Nice plugin…we followed the video tutorials from developer and it still wouldn’t work.

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  7. ★★★★★ monokli
    6.5y ago

    I’ve tried it on 3 different websites, but none of it works. Wasted time. This topic was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by monokli.

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  8. ★★★★★ soapstreams
    7.7y ago

    Once I figured out how to use this plugin, I found it to be extraordinarily effective. Once you get on top of the learning curve, it’s good. For example, it took me a while to learn that Roku’s categories are called “recipes” in this plugin. And you can’t set up series and episodes without setting up recipes. Regardless, it is quite amazing and useful. Anybody wanting to create a Roku channel from the WordPress site should take a hard look at this plugin. This topic was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by soapstreams. This topic was modified 7 years, 4 months ago by soapstreams.

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Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (3.2.3). Sites still on an older version should update.

  1. Patched Medium · 6.4 WP Smart TV <= 2.1.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
    2025-01-14 CVE-2024-12818 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.1.8 Patched in 2.1.9

Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.

CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.

Behavioral tests

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✕ No PHP errors
✕ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 19 languages, 0 at 90% or more

German 4%
Swedish 3%
Arabic 2%
Chinese (China) 2%
Finnish 2%
French (France) 2%
German (Switzerland) 2%
Indonesian 2%
Italian 2%
Moroccan Arabic 2%
Portuguese (Brazil) 2%
Portuguese (Portugal) 2%
Russian 2%
Spanish (Spain) 2%
Dutch 1%
Lithuanian 1%
Malay 1%
Polish 1%
Tamil (Sri Lanka) 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

7 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

  • ✓ Says what it does "Turn WordPress into a video CMS with HLS/DASH playback, Vimeo import, podcast RSS, live channels/EPG, and a..."
  • ✓ Has a FAQ 8 questions in the FAQ.
  • ✓ FAQ asks real questions 8 of 8 read like questions a user would type.
  • ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
  • ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Elementor, Gutenberg, Stripe, REST API and 1 more.
  • ✓ Headings and lists 18 headings and 5 lists.
  • ✓ Enough to quote 5,446 characters of description.
  • ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "iptv", "video player" do not.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-06-25 300+ → 200+ down after 335 days in tier
  2. 2025-07-25 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2025-07-24 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
  4. 2025-07-23 400+ → 300+ down after 235 days in tier
  5. 2024-11-30 500+ → 400+ down after 3 days in tier
  6. 2024-11-27 400+ → 500+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2024-11-26 500+ → 400+ down after 225 days in tier
  8. 2024-04-15 600+ → 500+ down after 120 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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MediaBlaster – Video CMS, Vimeo Import, Live TV & Podcasts: 200+ active installs, 3.9★ (14 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-smart-tv

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