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GIGA Slider vs Serious Slider

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

Serious Slider and GIGA Slider are close on health (B · 81 vs B · 80). Serious Slider has the stronger maintenance.

Active-install trajectory

No change to chart. WordPress.org reports active installs in coarse bands, so neither plugin crossed a band during this window. The download trend below moves daily and is the better read over a period this short.

Metric	GIGA Slider	Serious Slider
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	20K–30K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable	Stable
Overall health	B · 80	B · 81 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	86/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	79/100 ✓	67/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.2★ ✓	3.7★
Reviews	18 ✓	8
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100	90/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	7mo ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	137	5.6K ✓
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.	+1%	+56%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.2%	3.5% ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

GIGA SliderSerious Slider

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.