Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg vs Animations for Blocks

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

Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg

by Virgildia

Health A90

Animations for Blocks

by ska-dev

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg Animations for Blocks

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	Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg	Animations for Blocks
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50K–60K ✓	10K–20K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+25% ✓	0%
Overall health	A · 90 ✓	A · 89
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	93/100 ✓	89/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.67★ ✓	4.53★
Reviews	58 ✓	27
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	89/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2mo ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	10.5K ✓	8.2K
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg Animations for Blocks

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.