Important update: The future of this plugin

Hi everyone,

You’ll notice that not a lot has happened with this plugin for a while, despite a long list of issues and feature requests in Github. The reality is, I just don’t have the time.

So, I’ve decided to concentrate my time and efforts on just certain plugins within my portfolio – not necessarily those that are the most popular but those that “spark joy”, to quote Marie Kondo. Basically, those that I enjoy working on.

Sadly, this plugin didn’t make the cut. There are lots of great, alternative plugins out there now and even the built-in YouTube embedding is so much better than it was when I first created this plugin. Back then you needed to add a parameter just to get a video to play in HD. But this plugin has fallen behind the times and is badly in need of a re-write.

What does this mean? Well, it’s not going away for a start. Instead, it’s going to enter a hibernation mode, only waking from its slumber when needed. When is that?

1. Important security changes
2. Major bugs

And that’s it*. It won’t even be updated for WordPress compatibility, as I won’t spend any time testing it when a new release comes out.

In due course I’ll update the README to reflect all of the above and even add a dismissible admin messages too for those who won’t necessarily see that either.

If you’d like to take over this plugin, and have plugin development experience, then please reach out to me on the WordPress Slack – I’m user @dartiss.

*obvs, I reserve the right to do something above and beyond this if I feel the urge