Image Slider vs Slick Slider

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

Image Slider

by GhozyLab

Health B70

Slick Slider

by Philipp Bammes

Health B84

Active-install trajectory

Image Slider Slick Slider

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	Image Slider	Slick Slider
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	4K–5K ✓	2K–3K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 70	B · 84 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	75/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	64/100	77/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.55★	4.07★ ✓
Reviews	31 ✓	15
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	90/100 ✓	71/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	9mo ago	1mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	426	693 ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

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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.