Ctc Carousel vs bSlider

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

Ctc Carousel

by UjW0L

Health B80

bSlider

by bPlugins

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

Ctc CarouselbSlider

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	Ctc Carousel	bSlider
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	70–80	5K–6K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+17% ✓	-17%
Overall health	—	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	73/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	—	3.95★ ✓
Reviews	0	11 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	80/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	24d ago	5d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	303	8.8K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	4.0% ✓	1.9%
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Ctc CarouselbSlider

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.