Carousel Slider vs Image Carousel

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

Carousel Slider

by Sayful Islam

Health A86

Image Carousel

by GhozyLab

Health C68

Active-install trajectory

Carousel Slider Image Carousel

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	Image Carousel
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30K–40K ✓	1K–2K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 86 ✓	C · 68
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100 ✓	77/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	82/100 ✓	55/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.24★ ✓	3.18★
Reviews	160 ✓	14
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	82/100	87/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4d ago ✓	9mo ago
Downloads · 30d	12.8K ✓	299
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Carousel Slider Image Carousel

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.