Embeds for YouTube

58 Quality Score

Active Installs

18/30

With 10,000 active installs and a popularity subscore of 60 out of 30 (capped at 30), it sits well below category leaders like Feeds for YouTube and EmbedPress, which each have 100,000 installs.

Update Freshness

9/25

The maintenance score of 50 out of 25 reflects the last update on 2025-04-18, which is recent, but the low resolved-thread ratio and limited update history suggest modest ongoing investment.

User Rating

13/15

A score of 84 out of 15 comes from 24 ratings, which is a small sample, so the high rating is encouraging but not statistically deep.

Support Health

8/15

Support health scores 50 out of 15 because there are 0 support threads and 0 resolved, meaning either the plugin rarely breaks or users are not getting help in tracked forums.

WP Compatibility

11/15

Compatibility earns 75 out of 15, supported by testing on WordPress 6.8.5, a minimum requirement of 4.6, and PHP 7.4, which is reasonable but not bleeding edge.

Scores higher than 7% of indexed plugins

About

🎥 An incredibly fast, simple, yet powerful, method of embedding YouTube videos into your WordPress site.

Active Installs 9k+

Rating ★★★★ 4.2/5

Last Updated 2025-04-18 3:43am GMT

Requires WordPress 4.6+

Tested Up To 6.8.8

Requires PHP 7.4+

Security History

4 known vulnerabilities, all patched

4 Medium

Most recent: December 22, 2025

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What It Does

Embeds for YouTube lets WordPress site owners paste YouTube URLs into posts or pages and have them rendered as clean, responsive video embeds. It focuses on a single job: displaying YouTube content without bloat, extra scripts, or complex configuration. The plugin is lightweight by design and avoids the overhead of broader multimedia suites.

Who It's For

This plugin fits bloggers, course creators, reviewers, churches, and small content sites that publish the occasional YouTube video and want a no-fuss embed solution. It is a good match for users who value speed and simplicity over gallery features, live streaming, or channel aggregation. Sites that primarily embed a handful of videos per page will get the most value.

Who Should Skip It

If you need live stream embeds, channel feeds, lazy-loaded galleries, or interactive facades for SEO, this plugin is too thin for your needs. Larger publishers managing dozens of videos or wanting analytics and playlists should look at the alternatives below.

The Bottom Line

Embeds for YouTube is a competent, minimal plugin that does one thing well, with a quality score of 61.86 out of 100 reflecting solid ratings but middling popularity and weak support signals. It is a sensible pick for small sites that want a fast YouTube embed without extra features, yet anyone needing galleries, live streams, or reliable support history will be better served by Feeds for YouTube or EmbedPress.

Pick this when you want to pull in an entire channel or playlist as a feed rather than embedding individual videos.

EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, 3D PDF FlipBook, Google Reviews, YouTube Videos, Upload & Embed PDF documents 84/100

Choose this if you need YouTube plus other embeds like PDFs, Google Reviews, and 3D flipbooks in one plugin.

Presto Player 84/100

Go with Presto Player when you want advanced playback controls, analytics, and membership-gated video beyond simple embeds.

Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades 84/100

Pick this if you need facades for lazy loading, live streams, and gallery layouts with more configuration options.

Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 83/100

Use FIFU if your priority is generating featured images from external video URLs rather than improving the embed itself.