Multi Image Slider Widget vs Carousel Slider

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

Multi Image Slider Widget

by Kor

Health D41

Carousel Slider

by Sayful Islam

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Multi Image Slider Widget Carousel 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	Multi Image Slider Widget	Carousel Slider
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	30K–40K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 41	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	65/100	82/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.61★	4.24★ ✓
Reviews	4	160 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	37/100	82/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	11.0y ago	11d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	84	15.0K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Media

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

Release activity

Multi Image Slider Widget Carousel 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.