Paginated Gallery vs Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider

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

Health D45

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider

Health A96

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	Paginated Gallery	Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	100–200	500K–600K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 45	A · 96 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100	91/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	96/100 ✓
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.1★	4.6★ ✓
Reviews	3	743 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	29/100	97/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	15.5y ago	8d ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	84	328.3K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.1%	1.4% ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Paginated GallerySlider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider

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.