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Events Manager vs Slider Ultimate

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

Slider Ultimate is the safest pick: health B · 83 against 45 for Events Manager, led by lower removal risk.

Active-install trajectory

Events Manager moved down one install band, 100+ to 90+; Slider Ultimate moved down one install band, 600+ to 500+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Events Manager	Slider Ultimate
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	90–100	500–600 ✓
Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage.	-10% ✓	-17%
Overall health	D · 45	B · 83 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	100/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	76/100 ✓	72/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (weighted for review count)	4.0★ ✓	3.9★
Reviews	4	20 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	44/100	94/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Elevated	Low ✓
Last updated	4.7y ago	3mo ago ✓
Downloads, last 30d	95	458 ✓
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%	+4%
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	1.5% ✓	0.3%
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Events ManagerSlider Ultimate

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.