YITH WooCommerce Product Gallery & Image Zoom vs AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery
Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.
AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery is the safest pick: health A · 90 against 80 for YITH WooCommerce Product Gallery & Image Zoom, led by stronger rating quality.
Active-install trajectory
YITH WooCommerce Product Gallery & Image Zoom moved down one install band, 20K+ to 10K+; AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery moved down one install band, 70K+ to 60K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.
| Metric | YITH WooCommerce Product Gallery & Image Zoom | AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery |
|---|---|---|
| Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads. | 10K–20K | 60K–70K ✓ |
| Active installs, change over ~6 months Compares the public install bands. One band step shows as the band change, not a percentage. | 20K+ → 10K+ | 70K+ → 60K+ ✓ |
| Overall health | B · 80 | A · 90 ✓ |
| Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated. | 100/100 | 100/100 |
| Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality. | 65/100 | 93/100 ✓ |
| Support Share of forum threads marked resolved. | 70/100 | 70/100 |
| Rating (weighted for review count) | 3.6★ | 4.7★ ✓ |
| Reviews | 71 | 435 ✓ |
| Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org. | 94/100 | 98/100 ✓ |
| Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status. | Low | Low |
| Last updated | yesterday ✓ | 9d ago |
| Downloads, last 30d | 4.2K | 104.9K ✓ |
| 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. | +21% | +115% |
| Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. | 0.3% | 2.6% ✓ |
| Category | Media | Media |
✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.
Release activity
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.