YouTube Subscriber
by WEB4PRO_co · Social
This plugin creates widget and shortcode with YouTube subscribing channel form or button.
45 health vs 55 average across 848 Social 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 9+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30, 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 3616 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 · 1,382 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
38
now · peak 168
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 “70+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,378 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-25 80+ → 70+ down after 17 days in tier
- 2026-04-08 70+ → 80+ up after 54 days in tier
- 2026-02-13 80+ → 70+ down after 52 days in tier
- 2025-12-23 90+ → 80+ down after 27 days in tier
- 2025-11-26 100+ → 90+ down after 737 days in tier
- 2023-11-20 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2023-11-18 100+ → 200+ up after 14 days in tier
- 2023-11-04 200+ → 100+ down after 2 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
Presto Player 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A - I iframe 70K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/youtube-subscriber" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="YouTube Subscriber — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> YouTube Subscriber: 70+ active installs, 4.5★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/youtube-subscriber