Running audit
Image Carousel
- Pulling install history
- Scoring plugin health
- Checking ranking factors
- Reading recent reviews
- Writing your report
Plugin audit
Image Carousel
Image Carousel has urgent issues capping its growth.
Active installs
1K+
Rating
2.6★
14 reviews
Downloads / 30d
650
Momentum
-14%
30d vs the 30d before
Against 3286 tracked Media plugins: health 75 vs 62 average · rating 3.18★ vs 3.81★.
What we found
Open security vulnerability
CriticalA known unpatched vulnerability is recorded against this plugin.
What to do: Patch and release an advisory before anything else.
Downloads are cooling
Needs work30-day download momentum is -14% while the Media category median is +5%. The decline is steeper than the market, which points at something plugin-specific.
What to do: A coordinated content + outreach push can re-ignite installs.
Rating below category benchmark
Needs workYour adjusted 3.18★ trails the Media average of 3.81★.
What to do: Close the gap with targeted UX fixes and review recovery.
Readme fails 3 of 8 AI readiness checks
Needs workAI assistants recommend what they can quote. Failing: has a faq, faq asks real questions and names who it is for. Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
What to do: Rewrite the readme so each failed check passes: say the job in the first line, answer real questions in the FAQ, name who it is for and what it works with, and use headings and lists. For the same check on your plugin's own website, run the free AI visibility scan from AgentVania.
Run the free AI visibility scan →Review volume is thin
OpportunityOnly 14 ratings. A handful of reviews makes your star average fragile and weakens trust at install time.
What to do: Run a structured in-plugin review prompt and a review campaign.
Actively maintained. Updated within the last quarter, a strong trust and ranking signal.
Downloads, last 2 years
From our own archive, not wp.org's current-week figure.
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