Carousel vs Owl Carousel WP

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

Carousel

by wpbrim

Health D45

Owl Carousel WP

by Imran Emu

Health D52

Active-install trajectory

Carousel Owl Carousel WP

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	Owl Carousel WP
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	20–30	1K–2K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	D · 45	D · 52 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	33/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	74/100 ✓	61/100
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.98★ ✓	3.45★
Reviews	1	14 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	38/100	74/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	8.9y ago	1.8y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	37	447 ✓
Category	Uncategorized	Uncategorized

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

Release activity

Carousel Owl Carousel WP

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.