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WP Youtube Gallery

by WP-EXPERTS.IN · Media

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WP YouTube Gallery is a simple and lightweight WP plugin that allows you to add a YouTube video gallery to any page or post using a shortcode.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
57 Health · C
Maintenance 36/100
Rating quality 73/100
Support 70/100

57 health vs 59 average across 2,206 Media plugins

300+

Active installs

≈350 estimated

20.2K

Total downloads

since 2014

3.93★

Rating (adjusted)

4.0★ raw · 6 reviews

+65%

86

Downloads · 30d

category median +17%

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.

72 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 44/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 57/100
Listing tuning 92/100

To rank higher: Last updated 603 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+65% vs prior 30d
2Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

86

now · peak 351

8630d downloads · Aug 26

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

WP Youtube Gallery · #10347 you MetaSlider Gallery · #1776 Video Gallery · #2863 Gallery by Visual Po · #680

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4Stars · Aug 26

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.

287per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
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.

0

releases in the last 12 months

1.7y ago

latest release · v2.0

11

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.0 · 1.7y ago1.8 · 3.9y ago1.9 · 3.9y ago1.7 · 6.8y ago1.6 · 8.1y ago1.5 · 8.4y ago1.4 · 9.0y ago1.3 · 10.6y ago1.2 · 11.0y ago1.1 · 11.9y ago1.0 · 12.0y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 68% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.0 68%
v1.9 20%
Older / other versions 12%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
300–400 ≈350

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-04-25 · 1,386 observations

300Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 6 reviews

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5★
4 4★
0 3★
1 2★
0 1★
1

Details

Version
2.0
Last updated
1.7y ago
Added
2014-08-25 · 12 yrs old
Requires WP
6.0
Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP
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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. Medium · 6.4 WP Youtube Gallery <= 1.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via id Parameter ↗
    2025-01-06 CVE-2024-12590 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.9 Patched in 2.0

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

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2

✓ 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 4 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Romanian 40%
Swedish 38%
Ukrainian 32%
German 11%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-05-07 400+ → 300+ down after 7 days in tier
  2. 2026-04-30 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2026-04-29 400+ → 300+ down after 38 days in tier
  4. 2026-03-22 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
  5. 2026-03-20 400+ → 300+ down after 30 days in tier
  6. 2026-02-18 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in tier
  7. 2026-02-14 400+ → 300+ down after 389 days in tier
  8. 2025-01-21 500+ → 400+ down after 298 days in tier

Competes with

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