Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider vs Smart Slider 3

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

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider

by MetaSlider

Health A96

Smart Slider 3

by Nextendweb

Health A91

Active-install trajectory

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider Smart Slider 3

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	Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider	Smart Slider 3
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	500K–600K	800K–900K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 96 ✓	A · 91
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	92/100	97/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	94/100 ✓	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.62★	4.85★ ✓
Reviews	737	1,123 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	97/100 ✓	84/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	6d ago	6d ago
Downloads · 30d	606.1K ✓	377.4K
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider Smart Slider 3

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.