by Embeds For YouTube Plugin Support 4.2 (24 reviews)

Embeds for YouTube

Name: Embeds for YouTube
Rating: 4.2 (24 reviews)
Author: Embeds For YouTube Plugin Support

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

Embeds for YouTube ranks #2,204 among WordPress.org plugins with 9,000+ active installations, is #283 of 6,299 in the Media category, a 4.2/5 rating from 24 reviews, and was last updated Apr 18, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8.8 (Current: 7.1)

v5.4 Current Version v5.4

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 18 Apr, 2025

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#283 of 6,299 in Media Top 5% by installs Downloads -13.8% this week No update in over a year

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Rank

#2,204

-2 this week

Active Installs

9K+

-9.9%

KW Avg Position

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Downloads

777.8K

+5 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

84%

Review 4.2 out of 5

4.2 (24 reviews)

Next Milestone 10K

Total Progress 93.1%

9K+ 10K+

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Reviews & Ratings

4.2

24 reviews

Overall 84%

19 (79%)

0 (0%)

5 (21%)

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 2 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

Dec 22, 2025 UNPATCHED

Embeds for YouTube [youtube-embed] <= 5.4 (unfixed + closed)

CVE-2025-68599 · No fix released
Apr 9, 2025

Embeds for YouTube [youtube-embed] < 5.4 (closed)

CVE-2025-31008 · Fixed in v5.4
Jul 19, 2021

Embeds for YouTube [youtube-embed] < 5.2.2 (closed)

CVE-2021-24471 · Fixed in v5.2.2
Aug 20, 2015

Embeds for YouTube [youtube-embed] < 3.3.3 (closed)

CVE-2015-6535 · Fixed in v3.3.3

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Plugin Details

Version: 5.4
Last Updated: Apr 18, 2025
Requires WP: 4.6+
Tested Up To: 6.8.8
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: Embeds For YouTube Plugin Support

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.2
Reviews: 24
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to embed YouTube videos or playlists on their pages, posts, or widgets. It solves the problem of easily embedding, styling, and resizing YouTube content with configurable profiles, playlists, and SEO-friendly metadata.