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Ben's Slider for Gutenberg vs Smart Slider 3

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

Smart Slider 3 is the safest pick: health A · 91 against 46 for Ben's Slider for Gutenberg, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Ben's Slider for Gutenberg moved down one install band, 50+ to 40+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Ben's Slider for Gutenberg	Smart Slider 3
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	40–50	800K–900K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-20%	Stable ✓
Overall health	D · 46	A · 91 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	78/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.8★ ✓
Reviews	3	1,125 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	31/100	99/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	7.7y ago	8d ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	75	381.3K ✓
Download momentum, last 30d vs prior 30d Dips that follow a release spike are normal: wp.org counts every update as a download, so the weeks after a release run lower.	+5%	-6%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.2%	3.2% ✓
Category	Blocks	Media

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

Release activity

Ben's Slider for GutenbergSmart Slider 3

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.