Ultimate Responsive Image Slider vs Serious Slider

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

Ultimate Responsive Image Slider

by FARAZFRANK

Health A89

Serious Slider

by CryoutCreations

Health B81

Active-install trajectory

Ultimate Responsive Image Slider Serious 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	Ultimate Responsive Image Slider	Serious Slider
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	30K–40K ✓	20K–30K
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	A · 89 ✓	B · 81
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	100/100	100/100
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	89/100 ✓	67/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	4.51★ ✓	3.69★
Reviews	248 ✓	8
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	83/100	84/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	15d ago	15d ago
Downloads · 30d	2.3K	12.4K ✓
Category	Media	Media

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

Release activity

Ultimate Responsive Image Slider Serious 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.