WordPress plugin comparison

Better Core Video Embeds vs Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin)

Better Core Video Embeds

by Highrise Digital

300+ installs5.0

Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin)

by Syed Balkhi

100K+ installs4.8

At a glance

Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) has more active installs: 100K+, against 300+ for Better Core Video Embeds.
On a typical day, Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) is downloaded about 2,169 times, Better Core Video Embeds about 8.
Better Core Video Embeds is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 11 reviews, against 4.8 from 205 reviews.
Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) was updated more recently: Nov 2, 2026, against Jun 2, 2025 for Better Core Video Embeds.
Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 0% for Better Core Video Embeds.
Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.8.12 for Better Core Video Embeds.
Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) has been around longer: since 2019, against 2022 for Better Core Video Embeds.

Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) leads on 7 of 8 comparable lines.

Metric	Better Core Video Embeds	Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin)
Popular rank	#10,826	#349
Active installs	300+	100K+
Downloads, last 30 days	123	127.5K
Rating	5.0(11)	4.8(205)
Support threads resolved	0%	100%
Tested up to	6.8.12	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.20	×1.32
Last release	1 year ago	8 days ago
Requires PHP	7.0	7.4

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