Vimeotheque – Vimeo WordPress Plugin & Video Gallery

76 Quality Score

Active Installs

15/30

About 2,000 active installs is a small footprint, well below the million-install giants in its category, suggesting niche adoption rather than mainstream use.

Update Freshness

25/25

Updated within hours of the review window and built against the latest WordPress 7.0 standard, the maintenance signal is excellent.

User Rating

14/15

A 92 out of 100 across 26 ratings is a strong approval score from a small sample, indicating users who try it tend to like it.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads and a zero percent resolution rate is uninformative rather than negative; there is simply not enough data to judge responsiveness.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatible with WordPress 7.0, requires PHP 7.4, and ships first-party Gutenberg and Elementor support, so compatibility coverage is broad.

Scores higher than 50% of indexed plugins

About

Import & embed Vimeo in WordPress. Create video galleries & playlists, auto-sync showcases. Gutenberg blocks & Elementor support.

Active Installs 2k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.6/5

Last Updated 2026-07-15 9:36am GMT

Requires WordPress 5.2+

Tested Up To 7.0.4

Requires PHP 7.4+

Security History

3 known vulnerabilities, all patched

3 Medium

Most recent: December 25, 2025

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What It Does

Vimeotheque imports and embeds Vimeo videos into WordPress, letting publishers build video galleries, playlists, and auto-syncing showcases. It provides Gutenberg blocks and Elementor widgets so videos can be dropped directly into pages without pasting embed code. Essentially it turns WordPress into a curated front-end for a Vimeo library.

Who It's For

This plugin is a strong fit for creators and businesses that already use Vimeo as their primary video host and need a gallery layer on WordPress. Photographers, filmmakers, course creators, real estate agents, and event videographers who maintain showcases or portfolios will benefit most. Sites running either Gutenberg or Elementor will integrate it with minimal friction.

Who Should Skip It

If you only need to embed one or two Vimeo clips on a page, the native Vimeo embed block or a general page builder like Spectra or Kadence will do the job without the overhead. YouTube-first publishers should look elsewhere, since this plugin does nothing for YouTube imports.

The Bottom Line

Vimeotheque scores 76.08 out of 100 and delivers a focused, well-maintained Vimeo-to-WordPress pipeline that smaller video-focused sites will find genuinely useful. The tiny install base and thin support track record mean you are betting on a niche product, so test it on a staging site before committing. For anyone running a serious Vimeo showcase, it is worth evaluating; for casual embedding, a general page builder is the simpler choice.

Pick Spectra if you mainly need general page-building blocks and only want basic video embedding, not a Vimeo-specific workflow.

Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 89/100

Choose Kadence when you want a broader design toolkit with video as one feature among many rather than a focused Vimeo solution.

Starter Templates – AI-Powered Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg 89/100

Pick this if your priority is spinning up full site templates quickly rather than managing a Vimeo video library.

Classic Widgets 89/100

Only relevant if you specifically need legacy widget support and have no use for video galleries at all.

PublishPress Blocks – Block Controls, Block Visibility, Block Permissions 88/100

Pick PublishPress when you need fine-grained block-level access and visibility controls rather than Vimeo-specific tooling.