Grade A

iframe

Name: iframe
Rating: 4.5 (56 reviews)
Author: webvitalii

⤓ Download v6.0 on WordPress.org ↗

by webvitaliiupdated 2026-05-17✨The Quiet Achiever

Simple shortcode magic that occasionally disappears without a trace.

HealthyDeclining

71/100

The plugin is simple and useful for many but occasionally fails to render content.

Loved24/40

Trustworthy10/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum4/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

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add_shortcode( 'iframe', function( $atts ) {
    $atts = shortcode_atts( [
        'src'         => 'https://www.youtube.com/embed/7_nAZQt9qu0',
        'width'       => '100%',
        'height'      => '500',
        'scrolling'   => 'yes',
        'frameborder' => '0',
        'class'       => 'iframe-class',
    ], $atts, 'iframe' );

    $known = [ 'src', 'width', 'height', 'scrolling', 'frameborder',
               'marginheight', 'marginwidth', 'allowtransparency',
               'id', 'class', 'style' ];

    $html = '<iframe';
    foreach ( $atts as $key => $value ) {
        if ( $value === '' ) {
            $html .= ' ' . esc_attr( $key );          // empty / boolean attribute
        } else {
            $html .= ' ' . esc_attr( $key ) . '="' . esc_attr( $value ) . '"';
        }
    }
    $html .= '></iframe>';

    return $html;
} );

Keep in mind:The same_height_as JS feature and dynamic height-matching are not replicated by this snippet.

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Active installs

~75,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 70k+

Rating

4.4★

56 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-21%

Declining

214 → 168 installs/day

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Declining · -21% in the last year

214/day a year ago→168/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

The iframe plugin is a long-standing, lightweight shortcode tool for embedding iframes in WordPress that many users find simple and reliable, but a recurring minority report that it produces no visible output at all on their sites.

What people like

+Works reliably for embedding external content such as webcams, Google Docs, and other web pages via a simple shortcode×6
+Shortcode is described as simple and well-documented, requiring no custom code×3
+Developer provides fast and responsive support×2

Common complaints

−Shortcode produces no visible output on some sites — iframes simply do not render×4
−WordPress strips out iframe/HTML code in certain configurations, making the plugin ineffective×2
−Instructions are unclear for some users, leading to unexpected or incorrect behavior×2

Review trustMostly organic

4.53★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.40★
7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2024-09-122025-08-082026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 56 total

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Latest reviews · 57 analyzed

2024-08-17★★★★★works just fine cynops
2023-05-24★★★★★Like they said, it simply does NOT work AT ALL cohler1-shot
2021-01-09★★★★★Fast Support and Easy to Use choas
2020-09-23★★★★★It just didn't work lmoraless
2020-05-14★★★★★Worked great for PowerBI chart robbace999
2020-05-03★★★★★so good yoonsic742
2020-04-03★★★★★My favourite plugin!GeaVox
2020-01-22★★★★★simples e funcional Fernando da Cruz
2019-12-17★★★★★awesome, works with WP-5.3.1 rleir1-shot
2019-06-25★★★★★lifesaver joelbs1-shot

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-05-17v6.0
2025-01-31v5.2
2024-05-21v5.1
2024-02-16v5.0
2023-11-18v4.9
2023-11-03v4.8
2023-09-23v4.7
2023-09-17v4.6

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

166

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

144

Prior 7-day baseline

127

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

222

Mean release-day peak (30d)

166

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

+15.3%

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.

100%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

4.58

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

83%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

4.42 → 4.53★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered