Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider vs Best Images slider

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

Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider

by spicethemes

Health B73

Best Images slider

by smit jon

Health D41

Active-install trajectory

Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider Best Images 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	Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider	Best Images slider
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	7K–8K ✓	10–20
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	-22%	0% ✓
Overall health	B · 73 ✓	D · 41
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	74/100 ✓	3/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	65/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.99★ ✓	3.60★
Reviews	3 ✓	0
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	82/100 ✓	36/100
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low ✓	High
Last updated	9mo ago ✓	10.6y ago
Downloads · 30d	674 ✓	62
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Carousel, Recent Post Slider and Banner Slider Best Images 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.