Background Slider Master
by WebSPI · Media
Also makes 6 other plugins · 460+ installs across the portfolio →
Creates easy to use fully responsive background sliders that can be applied globally, or to individual pages and posts.
45 health vs 59 average across 2,206 Media plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31, well behind 6.8.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2875 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
105
now · peak 178
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
11.0y ago
latest release · v1.0.0
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 85% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-10-08 · 1,385 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ meghagni10.5y ago
Easy options for setting. its best part of that plugin. and also running successfully on my website. definitely will use again.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ futballgorilla10.5y ago
The drag and drop sorting for the background slider images makes this the easiest background slider plugin i’ve used. One feature request: add play/pause button option. This would be useful when I make a whole page a background slider gallery of images. Thank you for the plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bambambam10.7y ago
I like the design of your slider very much and am truly happy you added the drag and drop image sort mechanism in version 2.0.0! Now the plugin is really easy to use! As one of the next features of the slider could you maybe consider adding some start/pause/stop functionality? A simple yet rather basic feature. Another nice thing’d be the possibility to choose the position of the thumbnail gallery: left, right, over, under the big images. Thanks a lot for this nice and well designed plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jhj129010.9y ago
Finally found a background slider plugin that has the scale option. There are some options I would like to see for the next few updates, but it’s a solid plugin. Thanks!
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Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.2.4
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-11-05 400+ → 300+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2025-10-30 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-10-28 400+ → 300+ down after 426 days in tier
- 2024-08-28 500+ → 400+ down after 271 days in tier
- 2023-12-01 600+ → 500+ down after 250 days in tier
- 2023-03-26 700+ → 600+ down after 158 days in tier
- 2022-10-19 800+ → 700+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Unlimited Background Slider 500+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D - R Responsive Full Width Background Slider 2K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag D
- F Fullscreen Slider 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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