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Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick …
Excellent free embeds but the Pro tier is a headache.
HealthyGrowingPoor rating
69/100
The free version is useful but the Pro tier suffers from billing issues and poor support.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.2★
169 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+38%
Growing fast
81 → 112 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORverified rating is 3.83★
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing fast · +38% in the last year
81/day a year ago→112/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAdvanced Responsive Video Embedder (ARVE) is a generally capable and well-regarded free video embedding plugin, but its Pro version is undermined by inconsistent support quality, billing transparency issues, and an intrusive dashboard advertisement.
What people like
- +Solves video embedding problems that other tools (e.g. Elementor) fail to handle×2
- +Works well with both YouTube and Vimeo, including fixing Vimeo display and page speed issues×2
- +Free version is functional and well-regarded on its own×2
- +Offers useful features like lazyload and lightbox functionality
- +Stays updated and considers SEO
- +Developer has provided above-and-beyond support in at least one case
Common complaints
- −Plugin broke after an update, with no easy rollback path provided
- −Injects a large, intrusive advertisement for the Pro version into the WordPress dashboard
- −Pro version support is poor or absent — users report being ignored or insulted by the developer×2
- −Billing issues with Pro version: charges made without sending invoice or receipt emails
- −Conflict with Elementor's Image Widget — activating ARVE breaks it, disabling ARVE hides all videos
- −Shortcode-based approach creates data lock-in, making it difficult to switch away
- −Mobile compatibility issues reported with the Pro version
- −SEO/structured data gaps flagged, including missing thumbnailUrl field in Google Search Console
- −JSON decode errors reported with no clear resolution path
Review trustMostly organic
- 3.83★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.20★
- 10%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 29% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 169 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-03-06★★★★★Amazing plugin! Perfectly handles the end screen and responsivenessyumenokenzi
- 2025-03-05★★★★★This Plugin has saved me hours of frustration.timjen
- 2024-06-20★★★★★I really like this pluginripriprip
- 2023-12-08★★★★★My Dashboard isn't your playgroundnavienavnav
- 2023-11-25★★★★★Plugin solved elementor videos bugronan.anjos
- 2023-11-02★★★★★No invoice emails sent. Been billing me for 4 years.rogueeasyweb
- 2023-07-29★★★★★Outstanding with Vimeo and YouTube Videosixseo
- 2022-07-23★★★★★no help from authorsoft-linking
- 2022-04-24★★★★★Dont workpostjoe1-shot
- 2022-02-05★★★★★It disables Elementor's Image Widgetdavidpraznik
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
177
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
95
Prior 7-day baseline
121
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
1,824
Mean release-day peak (30d)
216
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+86.3%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
29%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.33
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
66%
5★ share in analyzed sample
10%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.90 → 3.83★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered