Multimedia Slider Carousel vs Slider, Image Slider & Carousel by Slider Factory

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

Slider, Image Slider & Carousel by Slider Factory is the safest pick: health A · 86 against 59 for Multimedia Slider Carousel, led by stronger maintenance.

Multimedia Slider Carousel

by POWR

Health C59

Slider, Image Slider & Carousel by Slider Factory

by FARAZFRANK

Health A86

Active-install trajectory

Slider, Image Slider & Carousel by Slider Factory 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	Multimedia Slider Carousel	Slider, Image Slider & Carousel by Slider Factory
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	50–60	2K–3K ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	Stable ✓	3K+ → 2K+
Overall health	C · 59	A · 86 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	39/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	73/100	80/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	3.9★	4.2★ ✓
Reviews	5	13 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	69/100	92/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	1.5y ago	2mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	100	857 ✓
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.	+30%	0%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.3%	3.3% ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Multimedia Slider CarouselSlider, Image Slider & Carousel by Slider Factory

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.