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Media Slider for Photos Images Videos vs Serious Slider

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

Media Slider for Photos Images Videos is the safest pick: health A · 88 against 81 for Serious Slider, led by stronger rating quality.

Active-install trajectory

Media Slider for Photos Images Videos moved down one install band, 3K+ to 2K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Media Slider for Photos Images Videos	Serious Slider
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	2K–3K	20K–30K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	3K+ → 2K+	Stable ✓
Overall health	A · 88 ✓	B · 81
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	88/100 ✓	67/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.5★ ✓	3.7★
Reviews	14 ✓	8
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	93/100 ✓	90/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1mo ago	1mo ago
Downloads, last 30d	812	13K ✓
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.	+32%	+63%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.2%	3.5% ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Media Slider for Photos Images VideosSerious 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.