Splide Carousel Block vs bSlider

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

Splide Carousel Block

by David Jensen

Health A88

bSlider

by bPlugins

Health B83

Active-install trajectory

Splide Carousel Block bSlider

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	Splide Carousel Block	bSlider
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	3K–4K	6K–7K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	+50% ✓	0%
Overall health	A · 88 ✓	B · 83
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	87/100 ✓	73/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.45★ ✓	3.95★
Reviews	12 ✓	11
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	79/100	91/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	2d ago ✓	6d ago
Downloads · 30d	2.5K	15.1K ✓
Category	Blocks	Blocks

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

Release activity

Splide Carousel Block bSlider

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.