80
Code Embed
It injects your code but leaves you hunting for the manual.
HealthyGrowing
80/100
The plugin works well but lacks the documentation and interface users expect.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.4★
45 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+109%
Growing fast
55 → 115 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 fast · +109% in the last year
55/day a year ago→115/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCode Embed is praised for its ease of adding various code snippets, but users repeatedly criticize its poor documentation and lack of a usable interface.
What people like
- +Easy to add code (JS, HTML, forms) to posts and pages×3
- +Responsive and helpful support from the developer
- +Helps troubleshoot script performance issues
Common complaints
- −Lack of documentation, FAQ, and usage examples×5
- −No UI to view or manage added code, and missing custom field metabox×2
- −Code continues to run even when the plugin is deactivated
- −Displays URL inside post instead of rendering the page
- −Code snippets (e.g., IMDB HTML) sometimes do not render
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.45★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.40★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 50% 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 · 45 total
Latest reviews · 45 analyzed
- 2024-07-30★★★★★Not Helpfulnick04881-shot
- 2023-08-07★★★★★No FAQ – not able to use itkimberean
- 2023-01-24★★★★★useful pluginritadevine1-shot
- 2022-12-19★★★★★Great pluginDavid
- 2022-06-29★★★★★Great pluginDylan H.
- 2022-05-31★★★★★Awesome support!justin27
- 2022-03-14★★★★★Funciona perfeitamente! É só seguir exatamente as instruções da descriçãoMeu Ativo Digital
- 2022-01-15★★★★★Won't workmbaudin
- 2021-12-24★★★★★Can't figure out how to use itdonpro
- 2021-12-14★★★★★Best injecting plugin!!!bl4ckb34rd
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.
105
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
109
Prior 7-day baseline
91
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
487
Mean release-day peak (30d)
109
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-3.7%
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.
50%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
4.06
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
84%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.40 → 4.45★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered