WP Theater
by kentfarst · Media
Shortcodes for YouTube and Vimeo. Includes embeds, "Theater" embed, thumbed previews, playlist, channel, user uploads and groups.
46 health vs 62 average across 1,091 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 11+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39, 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 4100 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
34
now · peak 78
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 “100+”. 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 · 1,373 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-15 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-07-14 100+ → 200+ up after 4 days in band
- 2026-07-10 200+ → 100+ down after 831 days in band
- 2024-03-31 300+ → 200+ down after 3 days in band
- 2024-03-28 200+ → 300+ up after 1 days in band
- 2024-03-27 300+ → 200+ down after 2 days in band
- 2024-03-25 200+ → 300+ up after 6 days in band
- 2024-03-19 300+ → 200+ down after 385 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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Embeds for YouTube 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
Videojs HTML5 Player 8K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Embed YouTube Block – Fast Loading Videos, Shorts & Playlists 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-theater" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="WP Theater — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> WP Theater: 100+ active installs, 4.6★ (5 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-theater