ACTUS Animated Words Slider vs MaxSlider

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

ACTUS Animated Words Slider

by ACTUS anima

Health D45

MaxSlider

by The CSSIgniter Team

Health C65

Active-install trajectory

ACTUS Animated Words Slider MaxSlider

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	ACTUS Animated Words Slider	MaxSlider
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	6K–7K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-25%
Overall health	D · 45	C · 65 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	47/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	83/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.06★	4.28★ ✓
Reviews	2	12 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	39/100	79/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.5y ago	1.4y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	36	386 ✓
Category	Media	Media

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

ACTUS Animated Words Slider MaxSlider

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.