81
EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, Embed PDF viewer, YouTube Videos, 3D FlipBook, Social feeds & more
Great support and many embeds but watch for that free tier logo.
HealthyGrowing
81/100
Versatile embedding and great support drive satisfaction despite annoying branding in the free version.
Active installs
~184,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.8★
295 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+11%
Growing
1,026 → 1,135 installs/day
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 · +11% in the last year
1,026/day a year ago→1,135/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayEmbedPress is well-regarded for its broad embedding capabilities — PDFs, videos, flipbooks, and third-party services like Meetup — and is consistently praised for responsive, hands-on support, though it draws criticism for branding its free tier with a plugin logo and for poor compatibility with the Classic Editor.
What people like
- +Works well for embedding a wide variety of content types including PDFs, videos, flipbooks, and third-party services like Meetup×4
- +Support team is responsive, thorough, and resolves issues effectively — often with screen recordings or step-by-step walkthroughs×5
- +Free version is functional and adds capabilities beyond what page builders like Elementor Pro offer natively×2
Common complaints
- −Free version displays the plugin's branding logo on embedded PDFs, which users find intrusive and pushy toward a paid upgrade
- −Does not work with the Classic Editor — embeds produce no output regardless of content type or site configuration
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.74★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 22%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-07-142025-07-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 295 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-25★★★★★Fast Excellent Assistquantadigital1-shot
- 2026-05-21★★★★★Responsive Support, Unique FeaturesCK MacLeod
- 2026-05-14★★★★★Greatamandarb41-shot
- 2026-05-14★★★★★Fast Excellent Assistdanzplace
- 2026-05-13★★★★★Wonderful product & outstanding servicedpagetx
- 2026-05-04★★★★★5 stars supportbleffe1-shot
- 2026-04-21★★★★★Great Product, Even Better Supportkburkhart
- 2026-04-15★★★★★Professional Supportarnolfodesign
- 2026-03-29★★★★★Very satisfiedhstruik1-shot
- 2026-03-16★★★★★Excellent support and real developer follow-throughon360
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to EmbedPress
Top Social plugins, ranked by score.For 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.
1,078
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
1,243
Prior 7-day baseline
1,230
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
25,213
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,687
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-13.3%
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.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.63
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
93%
5★ share in analyzed sample
22%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-21%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.80 → 4.74★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered